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Cathedral of Burgos. Photo: Alfonso de Vicente
New letter from Tomás Luis de Victoria and other documents from Burgos Cathedral (1593-1608)

The minutes of the Burgos Cathedral Chapter record seven agreements regarding the acquisition of Victoria's …

Sept. 9, 2025
Jeremiah's Cave
From Jerusalem to Samaria. Tenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

From Jerusalem to Samaria. Tenth stage of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588).

Sept. 4, 2025
Puente's gate
Musicians from the royal chapels who travelled to Córdoba during the court's stay in that city (1570)

In 1570, King Philip II spent two months residing in the city of Córdoba. Accompanying …

Sept. 1, 2025
Pietro Paolini, <em>Allegory of the Five Senses</em>, c. 1630 (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum)
Doña Leonor de Guzmán, a “good-natured and young” musician

The 1610 inquisitorial trial against Leonor de Guzmán, a mixed-race musician who had connections with …

Aug. 25, 2025

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Liturgical books and instruments for the Augustinian convent of San Nicolás de Tolentino in Manila (1581-1587)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
11-06-2020

The Augustinians were the first religious order to settle in the Philippines. Its beginnings were very hard and precarious. The distance from the metropolis accentuated the difficulty for the arrival …

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The sounds of water in the Patio de los Leones in the Alhambra

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
30-05-2020

In the Patio de los Leones of the Alhambra (Granada) we find a water network formed by several fountains that flow through four small channels into a central fountain, which …

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