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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
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria. <em>Vista Arámburu</em> (Cádiz, c. 1675)
A contract of a group of minstrels with the confraternity of Our Lady of Candelaria in Cádiz (1612)

On 15 February 1612, Francisco del Pozo and Jerónimo de Monardes, brothers of the confraternity …

Feb. 20, 2023

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New organ for the convent of San Antón in Granada (1707)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-05-2019

In 1707, the chapter of Granada Cathedral granted eight arrobas (92 kg.) of lead to the convent of San Antón de Granada to help in the construction of a new …

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Liturgical service at the convent of Los Capuchinos in Seville (1769)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-05-2019

In 1769, the Seville cathedral chapter ordered the violonists of the music chapel to attend a festivity held at the Capuchin convent on 28 September.

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Feast of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-05-2019

Two of the most important festivities in the festive calendar of Nasrid Granada were the Breaking of the Fast after Ramadan [Eid al-Fitr] and the Passover Sacrifice [Eid al-Adha], in …

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Oratorios for the inauguration of the Pilar Chapel in Granada Cathedral (1785)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-05-2019

Antonio Jorge y Galbán, archbishop of Granada (1776-1787), a native of Zaragoza, endowed the ornamentation of the Pilar chapel in Granada cathedral. For the chapel's inauguration and dedication ceremony, the …

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