La loa en las Indias: la obra de Antonio Marcos en las Fiestas de la Coronación de Carlos IV en Cuenca de Perú

Abstract

<span class="subtitulo">In this paper the recovery of a eulogistic piece -loa- composed by Antonio Marcos for the celebrations held in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador on the occasion of the coronation of King Charles IV of Spain is describe d. The work may not be of any great literary merit, but it does reflect the activity that was triggered by the great festivities organised by Spanish-American cities to celebrate events conncected with the monarchy. Such commemorative acts allowed the survival there of a minor literary genre which in Spain was in crisis.</span>

Indigenous Clockmakers, Schedules, and Quantitative Time in the Spanish Colonies (16th Century)

“…Even though they were not familiar with mechanics, let alone machines with automatic movements, many indigenous peoples quickly adapted to certain jobs that did not exist in the New World before the arrival of the Spaniards. That is why it is not an isolated occurrence to find specialised indigenous peoples working in mills, printing presses, looms, blacksmiths' shops, and mechanical trades in general (Paniagua Pérez 2010;Ricard 1966, 212-16).1 However, historiography has paid little attention to indigenous clockmakers who, although relatively few in number compared to other jobs, were among the first clockmakers to exist outside Europe.…”