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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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Nighttime street quarrels and serenades in 14th century Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-12-2018

The Ordenamiento given by King Alfonso XI for the city of Seville, in 1337, provides us with an interesting indirect testimony of the nocturnal serenades in Seville in the first …

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Last organ at the convent of La Encarnación in Granada (1836)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
20-11-2018

The inventory made in 1836, when the convent of La Encarnación in Granada was suppressed, included an organ located in the choir loft. This instrument and the tabernacle of the …

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