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Title: Papa Leo
Subject: Pope Leo III; Papacy; Popes; Christianity; Catholicism
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Rome; Italy
Description: This illustration depicts Pope Leo III sitting on his pontifical throne. He is illustrated wearing the papal tiara and a long staff that has three horizontal bars at the top, which symbolizes pontifical power. Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala spends this section of his manuscript listing off approximately the first 200 popes, and Pope Leo III was one of the few that was illustrated.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20125
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_20125_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Pope Leo III; Papacy; Popes; Christianity; Catholicism