Historia General del Piru
Author | : The Getty Research Institute |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 810 |
Release | : 2008-09-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780892368952 |
ISBN-13 | : 0892368950 |
Rating | : 4/5 (950 Downloads) |
Download or read book Historia General del Piru written by The Getty Research Institute and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the Mercedarian friar Martín de Murúa, the Historia general del Piru (1616) is one of only three extant illustrated manuscripts on the history of Inca and early colonial Peru. This immensely important Andean manuscript is here made available in facsimile, its beautifully calligraphed text reproduced in halftone and its thirty-eight hand-colored images—mostly portraits of Inca kings and queens—in color.