Ramirez was engaged at the
Escorial from 1566 to 1572. In the latter year he presented a Breviary
with musical notation to the King, and was then engaged for the great
undertaking mentioned above.
Andr?s Cristobal was also an illuminator of note at Seville, where he
worked from 1555 to 1559. Andr?s de Leon worked at the Escorial from
1568, and is especially mentioned by Los Santos in his well-known
description of the monastery of San Lorenzo: "Son de gran numero y
excelencia las iluminaciones que tienen de mano nuestro Fray Andr?s de
Leon, que fue otro Don Julio en el Arte."[63] The allusion is to the
celebrated Don Giulio Clovio, then in the height of his fame in Italy.
Fray Julian received similar praise for a _capitolario_ for the
principal festivals of the year, especially for the grand dimensions of
the miniatures, the like of which the writer says had never been seen
before, either in Spain or Italy. Andr?s de Leon died at the Escorial in
1580. Salazar continued working on them till they were completed, and in
1590 went to Toledo, where he finished two Missals for the Cathedral,
which had been begun by the famous Juan Martinez de los Corrales. He was
still engaged on similar work until his death in 1604. Two other
illuminators, Esteban and Julian de Salazar, were working at the
Escorial in 1585.
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