The purpose is to present the methodology of the Spanish historian José Enrique Ruiz- Domènec (1948- ) for the study of the Past: the appreciation of Music – one of the seven liberal arts – in historical studies as a key element for understanding the history of cultures in time.

Being part of a post-doctoral research undertaken at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC, Barcelona), kindly sponsored by a grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya, this work analyses the definitions and classifications pertaining to the seven liberal and mechanical arts, as presented in the works of Ramón Lull.