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<em>Higueruela battle</em> (detail). Orazio Cambiaso (1587-1589)
Drums and trumpets at the court of the kings of Fez at the court of the kings of Fez

Luis del Mármol Carvajal, in his Descripción general de África, published in 1573, gives us …

Dec. 5, 2021
Our Lady of the Solitude
Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza

Confraternities at the convent of Nuestra Señora de la Cabeza.

Dec. 3, 2021
The main chaple. Cathedral of Granada. Francisco de Heylan
Uproar at the celebration of mass and imprisonment of the minstrels and organist of Granada Cathedral (1595)

The trial brought by the court of the Inquisition of Granada against some members of …

Dec. 1, 2021
Door of the comedy corral of the Hospital de la Magdalena in Ávila (picture by A. de Vicente)
Comedies whit music in the <em>Corral de Comedias</em> in Ávila (1754)

Every year, during the months of June and July, a series of festivals took place …

Nov. 19, 2021

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Songs and dances in Monipodio’s house

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
19-12-2015

Scene from the musical environment in the house of Monipodio that Miguel de Cervantes recreates in his Novela ejemplar Riconete y Cortadillo.

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Procession of captives (c. 1540)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
13-12-2015

The testimony given by María de Saavedra, in the process of beatification of Fernando Contreras, allows us to document the processions of captives in Seville in the first half of …

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