Façade of the Cathedral of Canaria. Illustration from the manuscript by José Agustín Álvarez Rixo, entitled Cuadro histórico de estas Islas Canarias (1808-1812). Library of the University of La Laguna. Personal archive of José Agustín Álvarez Rixo.
Las Palmas
The “release” of the clock of the Cathedral of Las Palmas (18th-19th centuries)

Gustavo Alejo Trujillo Yánez

The main and only mission of the clock bell of the Cathedral of Las Palmas was to emit the corresponding …

Sept. 19, 2024

Title page. <em>Orphenica lyra</em>. Miguel de Fuenllana
Kraków
Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

Works by Francisco Guerrero at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Sept. 12, 2024

House of Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara y Ramírez de Arellano, 11th conde de Aguilar de Inestrillas
Manzanares
Theatrical performance sponsored by Íñigo de la Cruz Manrique de Lara, XI Count of Aguilar de Inestrillas, in Manzanares

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

At an indeterminate date, probably between 1712 and 1716, Eugenio Gerardo Lobo, "el capitán coplero", wrote a loa for the …

Sept. 2, 2024

A <em>Nouvelle description de la fameuse ville de Barcelone</em> (detail), Louis Boissevin, 164[5], Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya
Barcelona
Pro pluvia rituals in Barcelona (1687)

Helen Sophia Herbert

Alongside details of the ordinary conventions and ceremonies of the liturgical calendar at Barcelona Cathedral, the Manual del Cabiscol provides …

Sept. 6, 2024

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29-12-2018 Windplayer in the foundation of the city of Buenos Aires (1536)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

27-12-2018 Regulation of the ringing of bells in the Trinitarian convents

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

27-12-2018 Regulation of the ringing of bells in the Trinitarian convents

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

25-12-2018 Feast of the Nativity of Jesus in the cathedral of Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

22-12-2018 The sounds of the corral del Conde in Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

18-12-2018 Female singers in the Almohad Seville (13th. century)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

16-12-2018 A company of independent musicians in Granada (1616)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

14-12-2018 Musical instruments and liturgical ornaments in the Magallanes-Elcano expedition

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

12-12-2018 First organ of the church of Santa María de la Alhambra

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

11-12-2018 Street cry to recruit the crew of the expedition of Fernando de Magallanes (1518)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

07-12-2018 Blind street singers and street ballads (pliegos de cordel) in16th-century Granada

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

05-12-2018 Nighttime street quarrels and serenades in 14th century Seville

Juan Ruiz Jiménez