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Church of San Salvador. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Burial of the minstrel Pedro Crespo in Valladolid (1589)

The minstrel Pedro Crespo died in Valladolid in September 1589. His testamentary orders allow us …

Nov. 14, 2022
Jesus of Patience (= of Meditation)
Confraternities at the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Justo y Pastor in Granada.

Nov. 13, 2022
Apse and arch of Santiago church. Sandalio de Sancha (1841)
Dances in the Corpus Christi procession in Guadalajara (1612)

On 8 June 1612, Juan Navarro, "dance teacher", a resident of Guadalajara, registered a letter …

Nov. 11, 2022
Dedication. <em>Mottecta</em>. Francisco Guerrero
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Guadix

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the cathedral of Guadix

Nov. 9, 2022

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New harp for Granada Cathedral (1654)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-04-2019

On 6 November 1653, the Chapter of Granada Cathedral agreed with Clemente Jiménez, a guitar maker from Granada, to build a harp for 350 reales (11,900 maravedís). The instrument was …

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Two Conducts on the Spanish Frontier of Christendom (c. 1270)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
24-03-2019

The location in the Seville Cathedral archive, in July 2005, of a polyphony fragment from the second half of the 13th century, in which two conductus were copied, allows us …

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New bells for the collegiate church of El Salvador in Granada (1763)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
18-03-2019

As a result of the earthquake of 1755, the building of the collegiate church of El Salvador was badly damaged. In 1762, the chapter commissioned José Corona, a master bell …

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