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Plaza de la Villa y calle Mayor (detalle). Anónimo (between 1676 y 1700)
Procession of the reception of the Crusade Bull in Madrid

A document, published in 1610, allows us to know the details of the ceremony and …

Jan. 19, 2022
Remains of the fortress of Fremona (Adwa). Picture by Victor M. Fernández
Liturgical and musical activity at the Jesuit mission of Fremona in Ethiopia (1557-1640)

The Jesuit mission of Fremona was, in two distinct stages, the one that had the …

Jan. 17, 2022
Remains of the northern side of the fortified enclosure of the Gännätä Iyäsus church. Picture by Victor M. Fernández
Celebrations for the canonisation of Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier at the Ethiopian Jesuit residence of Gännätä Iyäsus (1624)

In 1624, at the Jesuit residence of Gännätä Iyäsus, whose church had been completed only …

Jan. 7, 2022
Spanish Portolano (second half of the 16th century).
Liturgical and musical activity at the Jesuit residences of Gorgora in Ethiopia (1607-1632)

The restoration of the Jesuit missions in Gorgora (Ethiopia) by the Spanish priest Pedro Páez …

Jan. 5, 2022

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External organist and dulcian player in the convent of La Madre de Dios (1623)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
12-02-2019

In 1623, the entry of secular women into the cloister of the convent of la Madre de Dios (Comendadoras de Santiago) was authorized to reinforce the musical staff they had …

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Chaplains and musicians in the service of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, Fifth Duke of Medina Sidonia (1516)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
06-02-2019

El Cathálogo de todos los criados mayores y menores que han servido a los excelentísimos duques de Medina, preserved in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, allows us to …

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Dance school in Granada (1574)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
26-01-2019

The contract established in 1574 between Juan Ortiz, "master of dance", and the instrumentalist Blas de Torres allows us to document the first "school" of dance in Granada.

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