Becitador Proveyda de su Santidad y de su Magestad Desde Roma y de Castilla Deste Rreyno de las Yndias · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Becitador Proveyda de su Santidad y de su Magestad Desde Roma y de Castilla Deste Rreyno de las Yndias
Subject: Inspectors; Bishops; Pope; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: This image depicts a general inspector of colonial Peru riding a horse in the centre of the page. He is elegantly dressed and is adorned in a cloak and hat. He has an assistant riding behind him while holding an umbrella over his head to protect him from the sun. This general inspector was sent to the Indies by the Pope to inspect each bishopric office. The author explains that this man was chosen to be an inspector for twelve years and was required to be a good, charitable, honourable, Christian man.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23629
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_23629_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Inspectors; Bishops; Pope; Colonialism; Colonization; Indigenous Peoples