Historia General Del Piru And The Getty Murua: Facsimile Of J. Paul Getty Museum Ms. Ludwig Xiii 16

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. About the Authors Gail Feigenbaum is associate director at the Getty Research Institute. Thomas Kren is senior curator of manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. "Of the three extant illustrated manuscripts chronicling the history of the Inca empire and early Spanish rule in the Andes, two are by the Mercedarian friar Martin de Murua, who probably arrived in Peru in the 1570s. His Historia del origen, y genealogia real de los reyes ingas del Piru (1590) and Historia general del Piru (1616) drew on the author's experiences among the indigenous peoples and colonial officials of viceregal Peru as well as on accounts by other Spanish writers and the talents of several Andean illustrators. The Historia general - now known as the Getty Murua - comprises thirty-eight hand-colored images, most depicting Inca kings and queens, and nearly four hundred folios of beautifully calligraphed text. The essays gathered in this volume focus not only on the manuscript's physical components - quires and watermarks, scripts and pigments - but also on its relation to Inca textiles, European portraits, Murua's other manuscript, and the intellectual and social context that gave rise to but did not publish his Historia general. The Getty Murua provides a complex and original analysis of the creation and fate of this early modern historical and artistic treasure." --Book Jacket The making of Murúa's Historia general del Piru / Rolena Adorno and Ivan Boserup Murúa's two manuscripts: a comparison / Juan M. Ossio Censorship and approbation in Murúa's Historia general del Piru / Rolena Adorno Colors, textiles, and artistic production in Murúa's Historia general del Piru / Elena Phipps, Nancy Turner, and Karen Trentelman The images in Murúa's Historia general del Piru : an art historical study / Thomas B. F. Cummins. Here Is A Set Of Essays On Historia General Del Piru That Discuss Not Only The Manuscript's Physical Components--quires And Watermarks, Scripts And Pigments--but Also Its Relation To Other Andean Manuscripts, Inca Textiles, European Portraits, And Spanish Sources And Publication Procedures. The Sum Is An Unusually Detailed And Interdisciplinary Analysis Of The Creation And Fate Of A Historical And Artistic Treasure.