Primer Historia de Fiscal, Cantor, Sacristan: Fiscal de la S[an]ta Madre Iglecia · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Primer Historia de Fiscal, Cantor, Sacristan: Fiscal de la S[an]ta Madre Iglecia
Subject: Parishes; Prosecutor; Choirmaster; Sacristan; Colonialism; Colonization; Officials
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America; Peru
Description: This image depicts three indigenous lay officials. These men oversaw rural parishes on a day-to-day basis. The man in the centre of the image is a prosecutor. He is tall and standing only on one foot and supporting himself with a tall staff, which infers he might have a deformity or disability concerning his left leg. The prosecutors fulfilled their religious duties. The man on the left side of the image is the choirmaster. He is depicted looking up at the prosecutor as he plays a flute instrument. The man on the right side of the image is the sacristan, who is depicted holding a set of keys. The sacristans were responsible for carrying the keys to the sacristies.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23618
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_23618_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Parishes; Prosecutor; Choirmaster; Sacristan; Colonialism; Colonization; Officials