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Collegiate chuch of Saint Martin (currently cathedral)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the collegiate church of Saint Martin in Bratislava.

Jan. 9, 2023
Main altar of the convent of La Concepción
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Granada

Jan. 9, 2023
Hight altar of the Convent of San Bernardo. Picture by Juan Ruiz JIménez
Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada

Confraternities at the convent of San Bernardo in Granada.

Jan. 9, 2023
Convent of Los Capuchinos. Richard Ford (1831)
The regulation of the ringing of bells in the Capuchin Franciscan convents of the Province of Andalusia

The Ceremonial romano seráfico de los menores capuchinos de N. P. S. Francisco, printed in …

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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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