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Church of Santa María de la Alhambra
Confraternities at the church of Santa María de la Alhambra

Confraternities at the church of Santa María de la Alhambra.

Sept. 24, 2022
Dávalos palace
Lawsuit of the shawn player Lope del Castillo against Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y de la Cerda, 2nd Count of Mélito (1544-1546)

A lawsuit brought by the minstrel Lope del Castillo against his former patron, Diego Hurtado …

Sept. 22, 2022
Guitar of six courses. Juan Antonio de Vargas Guzmán (1773)
Domestic musical education in Valencia in 1790

A collection of news extracted from the Diario de Valencia related to the publicity of …

Sept. 16, 2022
Buchgasse. Map by Matthäus Merian the Elder (1628)
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Frankfurt Fair

The catalogues of the Frankfurt fair published in the 16th century have enabled me to …

Sept. 16, 2022

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Workshop of Juan del Mármol, harpsichord and piano maker

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-06-2016

Juan del Mármol fue uno de los constructores de instrumentos de teclado españoles más destacados en la segunda mitad del siglo XVIII. En su taller, instalado en la sevillana plaza …

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Embassy of the Mamluk sultan of Egyp (c. 1260)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-06-2016

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
04-06-2016

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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