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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
Convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria. Granada. View taken from above the Generalife. Alfred Guesdon (1855?)
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Victoria in Granada.

Feb. 19, 2023
Palacio of Huitziméngari
Music books of the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari (1559)

On 10 August 1559, the indigenous governor Antonio Huitziméngari acquired a batch of books in …

Feb. 14, 2023
Our Lady of the Aurora. Bernardo de Mora, padre
Procession of the transfer of the image of Our Lady of the Aurora to the convent of San Gregorio Bético in Granada (1698)

In 1698, the community of minor clerics of the convent of San Gregorio Bético granted …

Feb. 12, 2023

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Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In March 1509, Nicolás Pérez, an organ maker based in Toledo, presented to the University of Salamanca an organ he had been commissioned to build. This instrument was destined to …

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Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2019

In 1510, Nicolás Pérez built an organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares, whose composition and caracteristics we know through a sheet containing …

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Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-12-2019

The hydraulic mills located on the Genil river bank and inside the city of Granada would be one of the main agents causing noise pollution in these urban and peri-urban …

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The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt
08-12-2019

On 25 July 1516, the council authorities of the city of Plasencia paid tribute to Queen Joan and King Charles I by raising the royal pendon, displaying it in the …

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