La S[an]ta Bvena Obra i Limosna que an de Hazer a los Santicimos Padres de San Francisco y Hirmitano, de le Conpania de Jesus, Beatas, Biejos, Enfermos, Tollidos, Mancos, Ciegos, Cojos, Hombres Como Mogeres, an de Hazer Limosna los Yndios Cin Plata en Este Rreyno · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: La S[an]ta Bvena Obra i Limosna que an de Hazer a los Santicimos Padres de San Francisco y Hirmitano, de le Conpania de Jesus, Beatas, Biejos, Enfermos, Tollidos, Mancos, Ciegos, Cojos, Hombres Como Mogeres, an de Hazer Limosna los Yndios Cin Plata en Este Rreyno
Subject: Priests; Jesuits; Friars; Hermits; Christianity; Religious Orders; Indigenous Peoples; Alms; Colonialism; Colonization
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; Lima; South America
Description: This image is illustrated in a chapter that discusses the Christian priests in the colonial government in Peru. The image depicts a Jesuit priest, a hermit and a friar. The Jesuit is depicted in the centre of the image holding a rosary in his left hand while holding up his right hand. The friar is standing behind the Jesuit and looking down at the skull that the hermit is holding. The hermit is holding a skull as it is a symbol of mortality and wisdom. The Jesuit priest is depicted speaking with an indigenous man who is holding out a dead bird as his alms. The author praises the Jesuits, hermits and friars for keeping true to their religious duties and being charitable and respectful towards the indigenous peoples of Peru. The caption at the bottom of the image reads, “ci fuera estos santos padres dotrinando y diera limosna y no rrecibiera ni tomara plata ni fuera cudicioso de hacienda fuera otra orden de san francisco amara la pobresa santo de ellos grandes letrados” [If it were these holy priests endowing and giving alms and did not receive or take money or be judicious of the treasury, it was another order of Saint Francis, he would love the poor, saint of them, great lawyer].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:23609
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
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Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Priests; Jesuits; Friars; Hermits; Christianity; Religious Orders; Indigenous Peoples; Alms; Colonialism; Colonization

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