Sv S[enori]a El Inqvicidor y Familiares y Fiscal de la Santa Ynquicicion deste Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Sv S[enori]a El Inqvicidor y Familiares y Fiscal de la Santa Ynquicicion deste Rreyno
Subject: Inquisitor; Holy Inquisition; Holy Office; Government; Church Hierarchy; Conquest; Colonialism
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Lima; West Indies; South America
Description: The author spends this section of this chapter discussing religious establishment in Peru and the Church’s hierarchy. This image depicts the Inquisitor of the Holy Office which was located in Lima. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, la santa fe en el mundo en Lima [the holy faith in the world in Lima]. The Inquisitor is depicted sitting on a chair on the left side of the image dressed in European clothing. He is holding his right finger up as he points to the man standing in front of him. The man standing in front of him is his assistant who is depicted holding a book and wearing a floor-length robe.
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23215
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_23215_OBJ.jpg