| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miguel Terradas | 1538 | M | P0329 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| vihuela | Violero | Artisan | Urban | Violero (inst maker) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1515-1538 | Zaragoza | 16cent/1/early | Aragon |
Violero active in Zaragoza in the early sixteenth century. This is the known information:
1515, June 1: Miguel Terradas from Zaragoza takes on the Moor Ybrahem Mofferriz as apprentice for 2 years. “Miguel Terradas sea obligado de mostrar al dicho Ybrahem de tanyer e encordar e hazer biguelas. The apprentice had to work on Sundays and the Christian holidays but not if they coincided with the religious Moorish holiday held on a Friday. (AHPZ, 1515, fols 42-3) (romanillos2002, 399)
1522 a Miguel Terrades appeared as a musician in Zaragoza (calahorraZ, 321; romaniilos2002, 399)
1537 Inventory of his decesaed estate (martinez2015)
1538 The violero Miguel Terrada had died by this date (calhorraZ, 338; romanillos, 399)
More information is available in Martinez2015 and is not yet incorporated here.
| Ybrahem Mofferriz | was his | apprentice |
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| 1515.03.15 | Miguel Terradas, Ybrahem Mofferiz, apprenticeship contract |
| 1537.06.19 | Miguel Terradas, inventory |
| Ref | Author | Item | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| calahorraZ | Calahorra, Pedro. | La musica en Zaragoza en los siglos XVI y XVII. 2 vols. Zaragoza: Institucion Fernando el Catolico, 1977-1978. | 399 |
| martinez2015 | Martínez González, Javier. | “El arte de los violeros españoles 1350-1650”. Ph.D. Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Facultad de Geografía e Historia, Madrid, 2015. | |
| romanillos2002 | Romanillos, José Luis and Marian Harris Winspear. | The Vihuela de mano and the Spanish Guitar: A Dictionary of the Makers of Plucked and Bowed Musical Instruments of Spain (1200-2002). Guijosa (Guadalajara): Sanguino Press, 2002. | 338 |