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Acknowledgments
It is a pleasure to thank the many people and institutions that have assisted
me in the process of bringing this book, and the dissertation from which it
emerged, to fruition. Research for the dissertation was generously funded
by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Summer Research
Mentorship, the Edward A. Dickson History of Art Fellowship (UCLA),
the Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship, and the
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship. Further research and publication
costs were supported by the University of Florida’s College of Fine Arts
Copyright © 2013. University of Arizona Press. All rights reserved.
Scholarship Enhancement Fund. My dissertation committee chair, Cece-

lia Klein, deserves special thanks for her discernment and generosity. I also
thank the other members of my committee, Charlene Villaseñor Black,
Donald McCallum, and Kevin Terraciano, and the two anonymous re-
viewers of the book manuscript.
Many resourceful, patient, and kind people have assisted me with my
research in the Andes and in Spain. I first want to thank the employees of
the Archivo Regional de Puno, especially Victor Begazo, and those of the
Municipality of Pomata, especially the church guardian Wilber Ramos
Lope. Sergio Medina of the Instituto Nacional de Cultura (now Ministe-
rio de Cultura) in Puno was instrumental in my being allowed to photo-
graph the Virgin of Pomata and acquire photos of the lost miracle
paintings. Director Gary Mariscal Herrera has helped further with the
Pomata images. Monseñor Pérez Tapia kindly retrieved documents from
the Archivo de la Prelatura de Juli, while Father Roberto Hoffman and the
Vincentian sisters, especially Sor Graciela Solís Díaz, welcomed me with
Stanfield-Mazzi, Maya. Object and Apparition : Envisioning the Christian Divine in the Colonial Andes, University of Arizona
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kindness and assistance. The laywomen of the church committee in Po-

mata, especially Angélica Pisano and Susana Romero, provided me with
important oral history. In Puno the sisters Ana María, Rosa, and Adela
Pino offered me friendship, intellectual guidance, and a warm library.
For their assistance in Cusco, I thank the employees of the Archivo del
Arzobispado del Cusco, the Archivo Regional del Cusco, and the Biblio-
teca del Centro de Estudios Regionales “Bartolomé de las Casas.” Fellow
scholars at the regional archive, especially Ronald Camala, found me sev-
eral key documentary references. At the Ministerio de Cultura, Teresa
Polo Rodríguez became a trusted friend and the photographer Ruperto
Márquez Huaillasi provided me with needed images. Alexis Castro Pinto,
the man in charge of dressing Christ of the Earthquakes, and his grand-
father Ricardo Castro Pinto, the Cathedral organist, linked me to the Christ
and popular devotion to him. Fathers Amano and Alvarez at the Monas-
tery of Santo Domingo searched for resources on the Virgin of Pomata
and allowed me to consult their copy of Juan Meléndez’s Tesoros verdade-
ros de las Yndias. The Díaz Quintanilla family, especially María Eugenia
and María Antonieta, generously took me in.
In Lima, the staffs of the Archivo del Arzobispado de Lima and the Ar-
chivo General de la Nación were helpful. Father Felipe Huaipar allowed
me to look for traces of the Virgin of Pomata at the monastery of Santo
Domingo and photograph Balduque’s Virgin of the Rosary. In Arequipa
Helard Fuentes Rueda took time to explain colonial scribal practices. At
the Archivo Eclesiástico del Arzobispado in La Paz, Norman Reyes Dávi-
la’s assistance was invaluable, as was Brother Ignacio Harding’s at the mon-
astery of San Francisco. In Seville I thank the staff of the Archivo General
de Indias and the Museo de Bellas Artes.
Other scholars I want to thank are Marie Timberlake and Charles Stan-
ish, who gave me initial guidance and practical advice for this project. I
have also benefited from working at one time or another with Donato
Amado, Yeni Olazabal, Catherine Burns, Ricardo Estabridis Cárdenas,
Lorenzo Segalini, Gabriela Siracusano, Justino Llanque Chana, and
Abraham Valencia Espinoza. Elizabeth Kuon Arce continues to be a val-
ued friend and mentor, as does Ida Altman. Alison Krögel gave me helpful
feedback on the book proposal. I am thankful to Leslie Todd and Scott
Horsley for assistance in the final preparation of images and the garnering
of image permissions, and to Daniel Giannoni and José Carlos Huamán
Cruz for sharing their beautiful photographs. Shantanu Suman created
the maps and diagrams in record time, and Victoria Masters patiently
helped with the financial side of image permissions. I also thank Scott
Acknowledgments · xv
Herrera, Kristen Buckles, Lisa Stallings, and Trish Watson for their inter-
est in this project and for helping me bring it to print. Many other people
who have assisted me in this ten-year project remain unnamed, but I am
grateful for the innumerable small kindnesses and open doors that have
been provided to me by fellow scholars and the people of Peru and Bolivia.
Without their help this project would not have been possible.
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Scholarship Enhancement Fund. My dissertation committee chair, Cece-

kindness and assistance. The laywomen of the church committee in Po-

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