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Town hall of Medina del Campo (Valladolid)
Trumpet and kettledrum players of the town of Medina del Campo (1651)

On 13 February 1651, Francisco de Zamora, blacksmith and trumpet player, resident of Medina del …

March 7, 2022
Our Lady of the Solitude
Procession of the confraternity of Our Lady of Solitude and the Burial of Christ

Procession of the confraternity of Our Lady of Solitude and the Burial of Christ.

Feb. 26, 2022
Shawms (16th century). Salamanca Cathedral
Gaspar Maldonado, master of minstrels (1530-c.1595)

A document from the Archivo General de Indias indirectly provides us with information on the …

Feb. 20, 2022
Title page. <em>El Parnaso</em>. Esteban Daza. Valladolid, 1576
Works by Francisco Guerrero in El Parnaso by Esteban Daza (1576)

Works by Francisco Guerrero in El Parnaso&nbsp;by Esteban Daza (1576).

Feb. 16, 2022

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Rules for trumpets and jongleurs in Seville (c. 1337)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
02-06-2016

The ordinance of the trumpets and minstrels of Seville, made c. 1337, during the reign of Alfonso XI, is the earliest legislative example of which we are aware for a …

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Giants and dragon –tarasca– (1760)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
21-05-2016

The embellishment and configuration of the tarasca and the personalization of the giants in the Corpus Christi procession could vary from one year to another and in some occasions it …

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Altar in Bibarrambla square for the Corpus Christi procession in Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-05-2016

The altar in the Plaza de Bibarrambla was the most prominent of the four altars that the city council paid for each year to be placed in emblematic places on …

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