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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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Performance by the company of Antonio de Escamilla at the celebration of Corpus Christi in Madrid (1665)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Sept. 12, 2021

 In the Corpus Christi celebrations held in Madrid in 1665, one of the theatre companies commissioned to perform the autos sacramentales composed by Pedro Calderón de la Barca was that …

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Shawms, flutes and trumpets in Chocontá (Colombia)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 31, 2021

The will and inventory of goods of Juan, cacique of Chocontá, reveals the acquisition in Santafé de Bogotá, in 1633, of an extensive set of shawms and flutes, as well …

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Feast of the dedication of the new Jesuit church in Guadalajara (1708)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Aug. 31, 2021

On the occasion of the dedication of the new church of the Society of Jesus in Guadalajara, held in 1708, the two-act play El nuevo templo de Marte was performed, …

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