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Francisco Guerrero in the private collection of music books and pieces of sheet music of Jerónimo de León (1629)

Francisco Guerrero in the private collection of music books and pieces of sheet music of …

June 25, 2022
Expenses of the chamber of Ruy Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, fol. 72r
Musical education and entertainments of Ruy Gómez de Silva y Mendoza, III Duke of Pastrana (1599-1600)

Different Pliegos of the expenses of the chamber of the III Duke, Ruy Gómez de …

June 14, 2022
<em>Liber vesperarum</em>. E-V Impreso 2[2]
Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Valladolid cathedral

Works by Francisco Guerrero in the Valladolid cathedral.

June 12, 2022
San Marcos bridge
The entry of the knight Suero de Quiñones into León (1434)

After thirty days of the tournament organised by the knight Suero de Quiñones at the …

June 8, 2022

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Domestic music at the house of Hernando Colón

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

Hernando Colón (1488-1539), second son of the discoverer Cristóbal Colón, was able to begin his musical instruction during the years in which he served as page for Prince Juan. The …

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Mock tournaments fought with bulrushes (juegos de cañas) at the Lobos' square

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In the expansion area of the Christian city, in the 16th century, the Plaza de los Lobos was laid out. Square in shape, it was the site of sporadic juegos …

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Public festivals at the Campo del Príncipe

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-07-2015

In 1513, the city council prepared the space known today as Campo del Príncipe to form a recreational square in which jousting, tournaments, tournaments rings, etc., events in which trumpets, …

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