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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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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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