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Vitigudino (Salamanca)
Folk dances in Vitigudino (1589)

In 1589, the young men of the town of Vitigudino (Salamanca) established a one-year contract …

Oct. 27, 2022
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Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the&nbsp; Ratsschulbibliothek in Zwickau.

Oct. 14, 2022
Jesús Nazareno (=Jesus de Medinaceli)
Holy Week Processions in Madrid (1804-1816)

A series of documents from the Consejo section of the Archivo Histórico Nacional, corresponding to …

Oct. 11, 2022
Chapel of Our Lady of Mercy (currently)
Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Ildefonso in Granada.

Oct. 8, 2022

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Procession of blood and disciplines during Lent in Seville (1285)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-03-2018

A brief piece of news from an apostolic brief by Pope Martin V, in 1285, brings us closer to the first penitential brotherhood that we know of in Seville. It …

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Inventory of the musical instruments and books for the wind players of the cathedral of Granada (1657)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
22-03-2018

The inventory of the “goods” of the Granada cathedral, carried out in 1657, provides us with a list of the instruments and minstrels’ books that the cathedral had on that …

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Zambreros (Moorish ensemble) in the Alhambra (1501)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-03-2018

&nbsp;On 19 April 1501, during one of her stays in Granada, Queen Isabella the Catholic ordered a payment of four doubloons of gold to a group of "newly converted instrumentalist", …

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