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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

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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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An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 28, 2023

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales confirms that Girolamo Scotto printed his Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus for the first …

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Annual income of the organist and sacristan of the church of the Encarnación in Alhama (1582)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Feb. 7, 2023

The annual income of a parish organist came from different sources, some in money and others in kind. It is relatively common for the positions of organist and sacristan to …

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