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Signature of Isabel Barbosa. AHPV, protocolos notariales, leg. 803, fol. 998r
Schoolgirl musicians at the College of Doncellas Nobles in Valladolid (1596-1600)

The College of the Doncellas Nobles, also referred to as the Colegio de Daza, was …

Aug. 5, 2023
Church of San Martín (Bocaue)
Music and Ritual in the Franciscan Convents and doctrinas of the Province of San Gregorio (1726)

The Estatutos y ordenaciones de la Santa Provincia de San Gregorio de religiosos descalzos de …

July 20, 2023
<em>Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén</em> (1603) [E-PAp Mont. 6.779]
First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603)

First Spanish edition of Christian van Adrichem’ Breve descripción de la ciudad de Jerusalén (1603).

June 27, 2023
<em>Las finezas de Sunamitis</em>
Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in Barcelona (1750)

Villancicos composed for the religious profession of nuns at the convent of Jesús María in …

June 27, 2023

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Inauguration of the bridge of Las Barcas and entrance in Seville of Abū Ḥafṣ (1171)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 26, 2018

Since the end of the 12th century, the bridge of the Barcas over the Guadalquivir River was one of the iconic elements of the city, as well as essential in …

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Private lessons of guitar and other stringed and keyboards instruments in Granada (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 18, 2018

A news published in the Gazeta del gobierno de Granada on April 20, 1810 allows us to approach the private teaching of stringed and keyboard instruments in a particular historical …

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Organ of the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
April 9, 2018

Description of the organ of the convent of San Bernardo (Cistercians) in Granada paid for by its abbess, Sor Josefa María de la Asunción Damas, and built by the organ …

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