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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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Stella cæli extirpavit an antiphon against the plague

Juan Ruiz Jiménez, Juan Carlos Asensio Palacios
March 23, 2020

Tradition dates back to 1317 the miraculous handing over of Saint Bartholomew to the nuns of the convent of Santa Clara, in Coimbra, of the antiphon Stella cæli extirpavit to …

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Works of Francisco Guerrero in Lerma (Burgos)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 22, 2020

Works of Francisco Guerrero in the collegiate church of San Pedro and in the convent fo San Blas in Lerma (Burgos).

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Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 7, 2020

Repair of the organ of the convent of Santa María de Jesús in Huécija (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San …

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Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) in 1712

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
March 5, 2020

Repair of the organ of the church of Santa Cruz in Canjáyar (Almería) by the organ builder fray Miguel de San Jerónimo, resident in the convent of San Antonio Abad …

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