art direction David Smart directed by Luis Lozano Virumbrales edited by [tape editor] Deborah Rogers engineer Colin Moorfoot ensemble Grupo De Música “Alfonso X El Sabio” producer Chris Hazell Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited Copyright (c) The Decca Record Company Limited Plainchant transcribed by Luis Lozano Virumbrales from sources in the Bibioteca Nacional de Madrid. Cancionero de Segovia transcribed bu Luis Robledo Estaire from manuscripts in the Archive of Segovia Cathedral
* Manuscript in the Biblioteca Colombina, Seville Transcription: Elustiza - Castrillo
**Manuscript in the Cathedral of Tarazona Transcription: Samuel Rubio
This recording made in the Monastery of El Parral, Segovia in august 1991 and was monitored on B & W loudpeakers
Cover: Background: Detail from a map of the Caribbean and Central America - Royal Geographical Society/Bridgeman Art Library, Inset: Detail from a tapestry: Columbus sails in the Unknown - Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation/ML Holmes/Bridgeman Art Library
We would like to thank Friar Francisco and the Hieronymite monks of the Monastery of El Parral for the facilities they put at our disposal during the making of this recording.