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Jorba, Francisco

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Person Born Died Gender Person ID
Francisco Jorba P1282

Instrument(s) Professional group Social status Social sphere Why is the person listed?
monacordio Artisan Artisan Urban Violero (inst maker)

Years active Place active Century Region
1495 Valencia 15cent/3/late Aragon
Biographical information

Francisco Jorba is referred to as “instrument maker” living in Valencia. On 19 september 1495, Francisco is mentioned by Santiago Salvador who made up a protocolo about an order to make instruments on behalf of the Valencian trader Miguel Salvador. The instruments Francisco had to make were a cymbal and a monochord. Salvador required masterpieces and depicted the needed space to make and erect everything.Payment terms agreed were: a downpayment and a final payment when the instruments were first sounding (document from the Archivo del Reino de Valencia - ARV, cited in Martínez2015; reiterated in Borgaard2022. It is also likely but undocumented that he made vihuelas

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bogaard2022 Bogaard, Ton. “The violeros 16th century of Valencia Rediscovered.” Part of the author’s website Valencia: Ten Centuries of Guitar Building. https://guitarrasvalencia.wordpress.com/the-16th-century-of-valencia-rediscovered/ (consulted 21/02/2022)
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.
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