Primer comienzo Del Papa, San Pedro · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Primer comienzo Del Papa, San Pedro
Subject: New Testament; Religion; God; Popes; Papacy; Peter; Christianity; Jesus Christ
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Italy; Rome
Description: This illustration depicts Jesus Christ on the right side of the image as he hands the keys to the kingdom of Heaven to Peter, traditionally known to be the first Pope of Rome. Peter’s name, written in Spanish as. Pedro, is written above his head in order to identify him. He is wearing pontifical attire and holding a staff with three horizontal bars, which symbolizes the Pontiff. The words en Roma, are written at the bottom of the image to indicate that this is taking place in Rome.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:20119
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_20119_OBJ.jpg