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A collection of 74 volumes (antiphons, graduals, hymnbooks and mass books), 67 of which are manuscripts and 7 are printed, with a liturgical repertory of plain cant written between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. Of the manuscript volumes 38 were written at the end of the sixteenth century and beautifully decorated with illuminated capital letters and miniatures. The books were produced in the Counter-Reformationist spirit of the cathedral’s archbishops. Rafael Coloma, master of chant at the cathedral from 1589 to 1591 and 1595 to 1600, was commissioned to carry out careful renovation and correction of the choir books. |
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