Escrivano de Cabildo Nombrado de Sv M[agesta]d, Quilcay Camayoc · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Escrivano de Cabildo Nombrado de Sv M[agesta]d, Quilcay Camayoc
Subject: Government; Native Officials; Notary; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image depicts an indigenous notary of a town council in Spanish colonial Peru. He is depicted sitting at a table writing a document. There is a container of ink with a feathered plum on the table as well as a rosary and a book. He is dressed in traditional clothing and is wearing a head piece that has three flowers in it. There is a bookshelf in the background that has many books stacked messily on the shelves. The author explains that even the smallest of towns should have a town notary. The document that the notary is writing in the image reads, “en el nombre de la santícima trinidad hago el testamento de don pedro” [in the name of the Holy Trinity, I draw up the last will and testament of Don Pedro]. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “en este rreyno” [in this kingdom].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23736
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_23736_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Government; Native Officials; Notary; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization

Media: mta_23736_OBJ.jpg