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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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Bell ringing and the use of musical instruments at the San Bartolomé y Santiago College in Granada.

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 6, 2018

The Constituciones del Real Colegio de San Bartolomé y Santiago of Granada (1774) set out the bell tolls that regulated collegiate life and the limited use that students could make …

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Francisco de la Torre’s house in Seville (1502)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Nov. 4, 2018

In 1502, Francisco de la Torre, singer, chapel master and composer, lived in a house rented by the Chapter of Seville Cathedral. It was a residence of considerable size, with …

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The sounds of the Alameda in the Genil river

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 31, 2018

The space of the Alameda del río Genil, in Granada, was, at least since the 18th century, a recreational space for the citizens, where a second "Casa de las Chirimías" …

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Ordinances of town criers in Seville (1519)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Oct. 28, 2018

The Ordenanzas de Sevilla, published in 1527, established that there would be fourteen town criers in the city and precisely regulated the details of the exercise of their profession.

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