Tópicos iconográficos y cultura material en una relación de fiestas novohispana de 1621

If in the relaciones de fiestas, one of the identifying styles is the profuse description of all the elements that cloak the event, the text from 1621 entitled Verdadera relacion de una mascara que los artifices del gremio de la plateria de Mexico y devotos del glorioso San Isidro hicieron en honra de su gloriosa beatificacion is paradigmatic on the relevance of material culture to construct the image of Carlos V and all the elements in the parade. The clothing, jewels, objects are central to the iconographic building of the myth of the hero and to propagate the heroic image of Spain. This work analyses both this material culture portrayed by the text and its dimension in regard to the reception of literary and historical characters in America and the special significance the context imprints on them.