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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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Workshop of Juan del Mármol, harpsichord and piano maker

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 27, 2016

Juan del Mármol was one of the most prominent Spanish keyboard instrument makers of the second half of the 18th century. In his workshop, located in Seville’s Plaza de los …

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Embassy of the Mamluk sultan of Egyp (c. 1260)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 7, 2016

Between 1260 and 1265 (the historiographical tradition indicates May 1261) the embassy of the Mamluk Sultan of Egypt Baibars I (1260-1277) entered Seville. It must have been spectacular and caused …

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The Cantigas de Santa Maria in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 4, 2016

In this article we will look at the copying in Seville of some of the Cantigas de Santa María manuscripts, their probable performance in Seville Cathedral and their passage through …

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