Glossary

Book, The Final Confessions of Gaspar Figueroa

  • Spanish, written by Gaspar Figueroa, 1543. Octavo, handwritten on vellum

  • Stolen from the Museo de Arquelogia y Antropologica of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, Peru in March 1921.

  • Recovered by Raskolnikov from [Luis de Mendoza]’s meagre bundle of possessions. The text is currently stored in Arthur Bell’s warehouse in London’s docklands.