Sacristan de la S[an]ta Iglecia que Llama a Misa y Tane la Oracion · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sacristan de la S[an]ta Iglecia que Llama a Misa y Tane la Oracion
Subject: Sacristan; Religion; Christianity; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America; West Indies
Description: This image depicts an indigenous sacristan pulling on two ropes attached to the church's bells in the bell tower to call parishioners to mass. The author explains that the sacristan gets paid twelve pesos, six corns, six potatoes, and a piece of clothing for himself and his wife each year for his services. The priest of the church pays the sacristan as the sacristan assists him with baptisms, mass, and confessions.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23619
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_23619_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Sacristan; Religion; Christianity; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization