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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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Proclamation for the rental of a house in Salamanca to Sebastián de Vivanco (1609)

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado, Michael Noone
19-04-2021

In 1609 the cathedral chapelmaster and music professor at the University of Salamanca rented a house for his home. For this, the owner ordered various public proclamations by the town …

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Reception in the Alhambra to Archduke Friedrich von Wittelsbach (1526)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-04-2021

On July 6, 1526, Emperor Charles V entertained Archduke Friedrich von Wittelsbach, Elector of the Palatinate, at the Alhambra with an exotic show in which several Moorish women danced, sang …

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