Festival Threads: Khipu Calendars and Mercedarian Missions in Rapaz, Peru (c. 1565–1825)
The introduction of the Christian calendar into Spanish American missionary zones often led to novel forms of calendrical record-keeping as pre-Christian methods of time-keeping were adapted to the Christian festival cycle. Yet while indigenous Christian calendars for Mesoamerica have been well stud...
| Published in: | The catholic historical review |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Catholic University of America Press
[2021]
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| In: |
The catholic historical review
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rapaz
/ Calendar
/ Liturgy
/ Quipu
/ Mercedarier
/ Church history studies 1565-1825
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBR Latin America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Khipu
B Catholic missions B Peru B Mercedarians B Sixth Lima Provincial Council |
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| Summary: | The introduction of the Christian calendar into Spanish American missionary zones often led to novel forms of calendrical record-keeping as pre-Christian methods of time-keeping were adapted to the Christian festival cycle. Yet while indigenous Christian calendars for Mesoamerica have been well studied, their Andean counterparts remain virtually unknown. This article examines a set of khipus (Andean cord texts) from highland Peru that, according to local ritual specialists, served as annual festival calendars. Research in diocesan archives and the Sixth Lima Provinial Council’s unpublished reports (1772) reveals the episodic and intermittent nature of the liturgical worship in colonial Rapaz recorded on these khipu calendars. |
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| ISSN: | 1534-0708 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The catholic historical review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/cat.2021.0004 |