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Town hall of huesca
Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746)

Ceremonies for the proclamation of King Ferdinand VI in the city of Huesca (1746).

Dec. 24, 2021
Royal monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe
Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in 1755

Rogation and procession with the Virgin of Guadalupe celebrated for the plague of locusts in …

Dec. 22, 2021
<em>Divinos elogios, alegres villancicos...</em>. Écija: Juan Malpartida de las Alas, 1640
Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century

Christmas and Epiphany villancicos in the churches of Ecija (Sevilla) during the 17th century.

Dec. 20, 2021
Convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara. Picture by Juan Ruiz Jiménez
Musical activity in the convent of La Piedad in Guadalajara

Various chronicles and studies allow us to reconstruct the foundation and endowment of the Franciscan …

Dec. 12, 2021

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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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