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Title
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Debocion a Todos los S[an]tos
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Description
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This image depicts many saints of the Christian church. In the centre of the image, Saint Peter is visible holding a book in his left arm and a key with his right hand. Saint Peter was often depicted holding keys in Christian iconography to symbolize the keys to Heaven. On Saint Peter’s right, there is a saint bound to a tree and has arrows sticking out from his body. This is Saint Sebastian, who was tied to a tree and shot with arrows during Roman emperor Diocletian’s persecution of Chrisitians. Saint Paul is depicted standing behind Saint Peter. He is illustrated holding a sword, as he was often depicted holding a sword and a book in Christian iconography. The woman standing behind Saint Peter’s left shoulder is Saint Lucia (also called Saint Lucy). She is depicted holding a plate with her eyes on it, as they were gouged out before her execution. Saint Barbara is the woman to Saint Peter’s left. She is illustrated holding a palm leaf in her left hand and a book with a tower on it in her right. She was executed for building a tower that had three windows to symbolize the Holy Trinity. The author included this image as he wanted to demonstrate that the indigenous commoners of colonial Peru were devout Christians.
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Image Creator
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
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Identifier
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mta:23741
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Source Name
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El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
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Image
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Subject
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Christianity
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Christian Saints
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Saint Paul
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Saint Peter
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Saint Barbara
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Saint Lucia
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Saint Sebastian
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Colonialism
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Colonization
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