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Madrid. Anton van den Wyngaerde (1562)
Madrid, first stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

The first stage of the journey to Jerusalem took Francisco Guerrero to Madrid, accompanied by …

March 13, 2023
Convent of Loreto with collegiate church of San Salvador at the back. Richard Ford (c. 1831)
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de Loreto in Granada.

March 12, 2023
Title page. Juan Martínez. <em>Arte de canto llano</em>. (Alcalá: Diego de Angulo, 1565)
An unknown edition of the Arte de canto llano by Juan Martínez (1565)

Among the books donated by Plácido Arango in 2019 to the Library of the Real …

March 10, 2023
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

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Purchase of a harpsichord for the casa de los Seises of Granada cathedral (1774)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 28, 2019

In 1774, the master of the choirboys, Antonio Guifrida, proposed to the chapter the purchase of a second-hand harpsichord for the casa de los Seises of Granada cathedral, which was …

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Transfer in Seville of the scultures of the confraternity of the Santísimo Poder and Traspaso de Nuestra Señora (Gran Poder) (1770)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 25, 2019

During Holy Week in 1770, weather conditions forced the confraternity of the Santísimo Poder y Traspaso de Nuestra Señora (Gran Poder) to leave their devotional images in Seville Cathedral. In …

Holy Week procession Ave Maris Stella (hymn) Regina celi (motet) motet hymn AAT Sancta Maria, succurre miseris (motet) Dulcissima Maria (motet) Exaltata est Sancta Dei Genitrix (motet) O Domine Jesu Christe (motet) the pealing of bells bustle in the street confraternities project penitential confraternities confraternities of the Blessed Sacrament mapping Francisco Guerrero cathedral chapter bell-ringer music chapel of the cathedral music chapel of the collegiate church of San Salvador (Seville) clarion player horn player wind players confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Lorenzo students of the college of San Isidoro Antonio Ripa (composer, chapel master, prebendary) ministers (deacon and subdeacon) priest AAT confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Santa Catalina confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Andrés confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Martín confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of Omnium Sanctorum confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament of the church of San Juan de la Palma religious community of monks of the convent of San Pedro de Alcántara choirboys soldiers AAT Pedro Romero (master of ceremonies) Diego Borrero (cleric of the veintena, succentor) crowd confraternity of Our Father Jesus of the Great Power, and the Virgin of Suffering and Transfer Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) church of San Lorenzo cathedral of Santa María de la Sede cathedral of Sevilla. Door of the Adoración de los Reyes or the Palos cathedral of Sevilla. Door of the Naranjos cathedral of Sevilla. Sacristía church of el Sagrario cathedral of Seville. Door of the Sagrario church cathedral of Seville. Door of the Bautismo cathedral of Seville. Sebastian's (= de Escalas) nave cathedral of Seville. Nave of Nuestra Señora de los Reyes (= capilla real) cathedral of Sevilla. Door of San Miguel or of Nacimiento Genova street Sierpe street San Francisco square
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First organ in the church of La Encarnación in Motril (1521-1522)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 19, 2019

The church of La Encarnación in Motril was built between 1510 and 1514 on the site of an old mosque. Between 1521 and 1522, the organ builder of the cathedral …

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Selling of a guitar and a psaltery in Seville (1758)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 17, 2019

Advertisement for the sale of a guitar and a psaltery in the Hebdomadario útil sevillano of 14 April 1758.

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Ball games and bowling in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 15, 2019

In 1625, Francisco Velázquez, beneficiary of the church of San Nicolás, paved the square in front of the main door of the church so that the bowling and ball games …

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