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chained_bear commented on the word juez de grana
"As cochineal became increasingly important to royal finances, Crown officials became more aggressive. In September 1572, Viceroy Enriquez made all processing methods except sun-drying illegal. A month later, he created a new Crown position, the juez de grana, 'the judge of cochineal.'" Charged with enforcing a new and more rigorous system of inspection, the judge was based in Puebla, which at the time was New Spain's most important cochineal entrepot."
Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 105.
October 5, 2017