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<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
Chapel of La Expectación de Nuestra Señora (1). Cathedral of Cordova. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Foundation and endowments in the chapel of La Encarnación or Expectación de Nuestra Señora in the Cathedral of Cordova (1364)

The foundation and endowment of the chapel of La Encarnación or Expectación de Nuestra Señora …

Aug. 11, 2025
Reconstruction of the interior of the Mudejar cathedral of Seville (3)
Endowment of the chapel of San Bartolomé in Seville Cathedral (1255)

The chapel of San Bartolomé in the cathedral of Seville, known as the chapel of …

Aug. 5, 2025

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Sale of an organ from the cathedral of Granada to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego (1745)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-09-2018

In 1745, the Cathedral sold the Epistle organ, built in 1674 by the Valencian organ builders Miguel and Francisco Llop, to the Franciscan convent of San Antonio and San Diego. …

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Antón López, bell maker in Seville (1408)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-09-2018

The bell maker Antón López, a resident of Seville, combined this profession with that of artilleryman. His activity in the city and towns of the Archdiocese of Seville is documented …

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Profession of musical nuns in the convent of the Vírgines Santa Justa y Rufina in Seville (1600)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-09-2018

The admission to the convent of the Virgins Santa Justa and Rufina of the daughters of Diego López as musical nuns in 1600 allows us to extend the list of …

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Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez, bell makers in Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-09-2018

In 1384, Alfonso Domínguez and Bernardo Pérez had their bell-making workshops in the parish of San Vicente in Seville.

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First organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada (1767-1768)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
07-09-2018

The first documented organ in the church of San Cecilio in Granada was built in 1768, making it the most recent addition to the city's parishes that we know of. …

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Trumpeter of the archbishop of Seville (1384)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-09-2018

In the Sevillian census of 1384 we can document the earliest record of a trumpet in the service of the archbishop of Seville, in this case Pedro Gómez Barroso, who …

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Organ of the collegiate church of El Sacromonte in Granada (1878-1879)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-09-2018

The last of the organs in the Collegiate Church of Sacromonte was built between 1878 and 1879 by Pedro Roqués and sons, according to the porcelain plaque on the console.

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Fountain of the hospital of Los Venerables Sacerdotes in Seville (1683)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
31-08-2018

In 1683, a fountain designed by Bernardo Simón de Pineda and carved by the master stonemason Francisco Rodríguez Escalona was placed in the centre of the courtyard of the Hospital …

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