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Signatures of Diego Sánchez, Pedro Sánchez and Juan Calvo
Examination of Tomasa de Quintano in Gregorian chant, polyphony and organ (1620)

At the request of the monastery of San Salvador el Real del Moral (Palencia) and …

April 24, 2022
<em>Arrival of the Southern Barbarians (Nanban-jin) Screen</em>. Kano school (c. 1600)
Celebration of the beatification of Ignatius of Loyola in Nagasaki (1611)

Ignatius of Loyola was beatified by Paul V on 27 July 1609. The celebration of …

April 24, 2022
Choir of he church of Santiago
Examination of Tomasa de Quintano in Gregorian chant, polyphony and organ (1620)

At the request of the monastery of San Salvador el Real del Moral (Palencia) and …

April 24, 2022
<em>Livre des statuts et coutumes de la ville d’Agen</em> (13th century), fol. 15r.
Public trumpeters in the town of Agen (13th century)

The Livre des statuts et coutumes de la ville d'Agen (13th century) provides us with …

April 23, 2022

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New bells for the chuches of Granada (c.1494)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
16-03-2016

The spaces converted into churches in Granada after its conquest by the Catholic Monarchs were quickly equipped with bells, highlighting their importance as a means of communication in the religious …

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Music in Filipo de Carrizales’ house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
09-03-2016

Miguel de Cervantes in&nbsp;El celosos extremeño&nbsp;takes us to the house of the indiano Filipo de Carrizales and the power of music to open doors and bend wills.

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The mancebía (brothel) of Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-03-2016

The prostitution quarter (mancebía) in Sevilla was located in the so-called Compás de la Laguna, in the Arenal neighborhood. It was limited by a wall that protected it from the …

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