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Puente's gate
Musicians from the royal chapels who travelled to Córdoba during the court's stay in that city (1570)

In 1570, King Philip II spent two months residing in the city of Córdoba. Accompanying …

Sept. 1, 2025
Pietro Paolini, <em>Allegory of the Five Senses</em>, c. 1630 (Baltimore, Walters Art Museum)
Doña Leonor de Guzmán, a “good-natured and young” musician

The 1610 inquisitorial trial against Leonor de Guzmán, a mixed-race musician who had connections with …

Aug. 25, 2025
<em>San Miguel</em>. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral. Chruch of San Miguel (Granada)
Quintillas to sing in the church of San Miguel in Granada during the novena of its titular saint.

A loose leaflet, without imprint, preserved in the Library of the Royal Hospital of Granada, …

Aug. 21, 2025

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Songs and dances in Monipodio’s house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2015

Scene from the musical environment in the house of Monipodio that Miguel de Cervantes recreates in his Novela ejemplar Riconete y Cortadillo.

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Procession of captives (c. 1540)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-12-2015

The testimony given by María de Saavedra, in the process of beatification of Fernando Contreras, allows us to document the processions of captives in Seville in the first half of …

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