Corona Real es el Corregimiento · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Corona Real es el Corregimiento
Subject: Corregidor; Magistrates; Coat of Arms; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Government
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses and criticizes the government and society in Spanish conquered Peru. This image depicts the Castilian coat of arms. The author explains that he proposed a motto for the Corregidors [Magistrates] to be written with the coat of arms and painted on the doors of all municipal buildings. The motto below the coat of arms reads, “temed a dios y sed buena justicia y no [o]s metays en nengun mal y dano” [fear God, be a good justice, and do not become involved in doing evil or harm]. The author had many criticisms of previous Corregidors, which is why he proposed a motto for them to follow in order to do good and do no harm to the indigenous peoples of Peru. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “probincias” [in the provinces].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23353
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_23353_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Corregidor; Magistrates; Coat of Arms; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Government

Media: mta_23353_OBJ.jpg