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Port of Lisbon. <em>Civitatis orbis terrarum</em> (1572)
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
<em>Don Juan de Austria</em>. Anonymous (c. 1575)
Instruments and music books for the royal galley (1572)

A document in the Simancas Archive provides us with a valuable testimony in which a …

July 1, 2022
Guidon of the confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez in the church of San Vicente
Endowment of a group of minstrels for the Viaticum procession in the church of San Vicente in Seville (1680)

In 1680, Inés Jacinta Manrique, “señora del donadío de la Torre de Quadros”, left in …

June 29, 2022
1. Church of San Cristóbal. <em>View of Granada</em> (1563). Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg (1572)
Confraternities at the church of San Cristóbal in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Cristóbal in Granada.

June 28, 2022

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Procession of Our Lady of the Sea in Seville (1691)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
17-06-2018

Procession organised in 1691 by the confraternity of the Slaves of Our Lady of the Sea, located in the convent of the Espíritu Santo in Seville, with the assistance of …

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Domestic music at the house of the humanist Diego López de Cortegana in Seville (1455-1524)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-06-2018

Diego López de Cortegana (1455-1524), canon of Seville cathedral and archdeacon of Seville, was one of the most prominent humanists of this institution and one of the first disseminators of …

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The loan of organs between the ecclesiastical institutions of Seville (1788)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
03-06-2018

A chapter agreement of the Cathedral of Seville, dated 17th November 1788, provides us with information on the loan of organs between sacred institutions in the city.

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Salve in the atrium of Inquisitorial houses in Granada (1764)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
01-06-2018

On 15 July 1764, in the atrium of the Inquisition Houses, the promotion of Bernardo Antonio Calderón, judge of goods at the Tribunal of the Inquisition of Granada, to the …

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Sounds of water in the fountain of Carlos V of the Alhambra in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
27-05-2018

&nbsp;The fountain of Charles V, located in the gardens of the Alhambra, is the most notable example of this type of fountain preserved in Granada. It was built in 1545 …

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