Guamán Poma de Ayala: Nuevea Corónica y Buen Gobierno, ca. 1615
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Drawing: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala; Digitalisation: Det Kongelige Bibliotek Denmark
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Left: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (ca. 1550–1615), Cristianos Cazados, Peru, ca. 1615; source: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala: Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno, Peru ca. 1615, p. 835, digitalised by The Royal Library, Denmark, GKS 2232 4, http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/835/en/text/. Right: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (ca. 1550–1615), Fraile Dominico MVI, Peru, ca. 1615; source: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala: Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno, Peru ca. 1615, p. 659, digitalised by The Royal Library, Denmark, GKS 2232 4, http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/659/en/text/.
The drawings demonstrate the ambivalent attitude to the mission: While the drawing on the left shows the reception of Christianity (a married Christian-Indian couple kneel in prayer before the cross), the drawing on the right depicts criticism of the mission personnel (an Indian woman with her child, who is working at a loom, is mistreated by an "irascible and arrogant" Dominican monk).
Left: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (ca. 1550–1615), Cristianos Cazados, Peru, ca. 1615; source: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala: Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno, Peru ca. 1615, p. 835, digitalised by The Royal Library, Denmark, GKS 2232 4, http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/835/en/text/.
Right: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala (ca. 1550–1615), Fraile Dominico MVI, Peru, ca. 1615; source: Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala: Nueva Corónica y Buen Gobierno, Peru ca. 1615, p. 659, digitalised by The Royal Library, Denmark, GKS 2232 4, http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/659/en/text/.
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