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Old hall of the old town hall of Écija
Conditions for the contracting of a company of minstrels in the city of Ecija (1565-1569)

On 9/07/1565 the minstrel Gaspar Muñoz, representative of a company of minstrels coming from Marchena, …

March 7, 2023
Title page. Portada. <em>Incipit liber processionum secundum ordinem fratrum predicatorum (Sevilla: Jacobo Cromberger, 1519)</em>
A post-incunabulum processional for the convent of La Madre de Dios in Baena

Donated by Plácido Arango, the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San …

March 5, 2023
Title page. <em>Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus</em> (1558)
An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales …

Feb. 28, 2023
<em>View of the city of Seville</em>. Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello (16th century)
Seville, starting point of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the early summer of 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his disciple Francisco Sánchez and …

Feb. 22, 2023

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Workshop of Juan del Mármol, harpsichord and piano maker

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-06-2016

Juan del Mármol fue uno de los constructores de instrumentos de teclado españoles más destacados en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. En su taller, instalado en la sevillana plaza …

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Embassy of the Mamluk sultan of Egyp (c. 1260)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-06-2016

Between 1260 and 1265 (the historiographical tradition indicates May 1261) the embassy of the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Baibars I (1260-1277) entered Seville. It must have been spectacular and caused …

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The Cantigas de Santa Maria in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-06-2016

In this article we will look at the copying in Seville of some of the Cantigas de Santa María manuscripts, their probable performance in Seville Cathedral and their passage through …

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