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Title page. <em>Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus</em> (1558)
An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales …

Feb. 28, 2023
<em>View of the city of Seville</em>. Attributed to Alonso Sánchez Coello (16th century)
Seville, starting point of Francisco Guerrero's journey to Jerusalem (1588)

In the early summer of 1588, Francisco Guerrero, accompanied by his disciple Francisco Sánchez and …

Feb. 22, 2023
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

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Saturday salve in the side street of the convent of Jesús y María in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In 1725, a devotional image of Our Lady was placed above a gate that closed off a side street to the Capuchin convent of Jesús y María. Every Saturday afternoon, …

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Commercial activity and bustle in the streets of Granada (c. 1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

The chronicler Francisco Henríquez de Jorquera provides us with a colourful vision of the city's main commercial hubs and busiest areas, where street cries, the movement of carts and animals, …

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Religious profesion of Melchora de Mesa (1629)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

In 1629, Melchora de Mesa professed as a dulcian player in the convent of Santa Isabel la Real in Granada. She remained in this position until her death in 1650.

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Religious profesion of María Josefa Ruiz (1793)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 11, 2015

&nbsp;María Josefa Ruiz professed, without a dowry, as an organist in the Carmelite convent of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. She died on 16 September 1804 at the age of 32.

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