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Nave of the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Güéjar Sierra (Granada). Picture by Javier González Ruano
Repair of the organ of the church of Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Güejar Sierra (1777)

At the beginning of January 1777, the organ builder Salvador Pabón y Valdés dismantled, reformed …

May 15, 2022
<em>Turnierbuch</em>, fols. 56-57
The soundscape of the tournament of the Honourable Passage at the bridge of the Órbigo Hospital (1434)

In the Jacobean year of 1434, the Leonese knight Suero de Quiñones obtained permission from …

May 9, 2022
<em>San Miguel</em>. Torcuato Ruiz del Peral. Chruch of San Miguel (Granada)
Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada

Confraternities at the church of San Miguel in Granada.

May 9, 2022

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Organs for the Franciscan convents of Guatemala (1598)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 25, 2019

In 1598, Fray Antonio Tineo contracted the Flemish organ builder Enrique Franco in Seville to build three organs for the Franciscan province of the Santísimo Nombre de Jesús in Guatemala: …

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Prices of vihuela strings, various instruments and pyrotechnic material in Granada (1627)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
July 23, 2019

The Tasas de mercaderías printed in Madrid and Granada, in accordance with the royal pragmatic published in Madrid on 13 September 1627, whose purpose was to try to curb speculation …

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