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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29-12-2019 Investiture ceremony of Cardinal Pedro de Quevedo y Quintano (1816)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

25-12-2019 Reform of the processions of the litanies in Ávila in 1591

Alfonso de Vicente Delgado

25-12-2019 Inauguracion of the altarpiece of the chapel of San Antonio de los Portugueses (1726)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

23-12-2019 Christmas songs (villancicos) in the convent hospital of La Misericordia (1692-1693)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

19-12-2019 Organ for the chapel of San Jerónimo in the university of Salamanca (1509)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

19-12-2019 Organ for the chapel of the college of San Ildefonso in Alcalá de Henares (1510)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

16-12-2019 Mass in the cathedral and general procession at the feast of the canonization of St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. Stanislaus Kostka in Salamanca (1727)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

13-12-2019 Preparation of the canonization feast of St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. Stanislaus Kostka in Salamanca (1727)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

10-12-2019 Noise pollution produced by hydraulic mills

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

08-12-2019 The rise of pendons in Plasencia by Queen Joan and King Charles (1516)

Gisela Coronado Schwindt

06-12-2019 Visit of the Spanish ambassador Ruy González de Clavijo to the city of Constantinople (1403)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez

06-12-2019 The first referencies to the organ in the convent of Santa Clara in Sevilla (1483)

Juan Ruiz Jiménez