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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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An unknown edition of the Arte de canto llano by Juan Martínez (1565)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
10-03-2023

Among the books donated by Plácido Arango in 2019 to the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando is an unknown edition of the Arte de …

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A post-incunabulum processional for the convent of La Madre de Dios in Baena

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
05-03-2023

Donated by Plácido Arango, the Library of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando holds a copy of Incipit liber processionum secundum ordinem fratrum predicatorum (Seville: Jacobo Cromberger, …

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An unknown printed edition with four masses by Morales (Venice: Girolamo Scotto, 1558)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
28-02-2023

The discovery of a booklet of polyphonic music with four masses by Cristóbal de Morales confirms that Girolamo Scotto printed his Missarum cum quatuor vocibus liber primus for the first …

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