Sacramento de la Con[fici]on · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sacramento de la Con[fici]on
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; South America; West Indies
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. This image depicts the sacrament of confession between a Spanish priest and an indigenous Christian. The indigenous person is depicted on their knees in front of the priest with their hands together in prayer and their eyes looking towards the ground. The author explains that it was custom for both the penitent and priest to avoid eye contact with one another during the confession. The priest is depicted sitting in a chair and holding his cap in his left hand. He is pointing to penitent with his right hand as he offers his blessing.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23574
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_23574_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Parish Priests; Government; Confession; Sacraments; Indigenous Peoples; Colonialism; Colonization; Christianity