Manuscript copy of a royal decree signed by King Philip IV of Spain and sent to Diego Osorio de Escobar, Bishop of Puebla de los Angeles, on the good treatment of the Indians of his diocese in Mexico.

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.