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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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Organs of the college of San Jerónimo in Ávila (1623 and 1687)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado
Dec. 24, 2020

The Order of San Jerónimo made its last male foundation in Ávila in 1606. The community settled permanently in the church of San Jerónimo in 1616. In 1623 it contracted …

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Lauderos street

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 21, 2020

The Lauderos street was part of the urban fabric of the city of Toledo. Its name was derived from the luthiers who had their shops open on that street and …

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Organs at Alcalá de Henares (1810)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 20, 2020

When the French troops were expelled after the War of Independence, the religious community of the San Felipe Neri oratory claimed what had been their headquarters and the movable property …

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Instruments and working tools from the workshop of the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva (1747)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Dec. 19, 2020

The list of assets contributed by the luthier José Sánchez de Nieva as a dowry to his second marriage, in 1747, allows us to know the appraisal of an extensive …

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