Arzoobispo de los Reys de Lima y Obispos de las Ciudades Destos Rreynos · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Arzoobispo de los Reys de Lima y Obispos de las Ciudades Destos Rreynos
Subject: Church Hierarchy; Government; Conquest; Archbishop; Sacristan
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: West Indies; South America; Peru; Lima
Description: The author spends this section of this chapter discussing religious establishment in Peru and the Church’s hierarchy. This image depicts the Archbishop of Lima sitting on a large chair as he looks at his Sacristan. He is depicted wearing a mitre on his head, a pallium, and holding a staff in his right hand. The Sacristan is depicted kneeling in front of the Archbishop as he presents a book to him, most likely the Bible. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, en cristo consagrado en lima, en el mundo [Christ consecrated in Lima, in the world].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23207
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_23207_OBJ.jpg