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Dulcimer from Valencia. Mariano Vila (18th century)
Purchase and sale of instruments advertised in the Diario de Valencia (1790)

The advertisement in the Noticias particulares de Valencia section of the Diario de Valencia (1790) …

July 14, 2022
Retablo de los Gozos de Santa María (c. 1455)
Appointment of Íñigo López de Mendoza as the Marquis of Santillana in Burgos (1445).

In August 1445, King Juan II granted Íñigo López de Mendoza the titles of Marquis …

July 11, 2022
Port of Corfu. <em>Civitatis orbis terrarum</em>, vol. 2 (1575)
Slave minstrels in the royal galley (1572-1591)

In the last quarter of the 16th century, different groups of slave minstrels, made up …

July 4, 2022
Port of Genoa (1483)
Slave minstrels in the royal galley (1572-1591)

In the last quarter of the 16th century, different groups of slave minstrels, made up …

July 4, 2022

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Organ for the covent of San Pablo in Seville (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-05-2018

The first news of an organ in the convent of San Pablo derives from the instrument built by the organ builder Juanes Navarro in 1516, although it is very likely …

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Harp lessons to Ana María Medina in Granada (1575)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
04-05-2018

Contract between the merchant Juan de Medina and the harpist Juan Romero to teach his daughter Ana María Medina to play this instrument (1575).

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