cahualli (MH608r)

cahualli (MH608r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the iconographic example for the noun cahualli ("widow"). Tears are built right onto the cheek of a woman in the census of tribute payers. These tears are glyphic for cahualli even though the gloss is not explicit, and hence, we are categorizing this as iconography.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bibda

Gloss Normalization: 

viuda

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Death, decay, decomposition
Emotions
Gender (female)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

viudas, widows, tears, lágrimas, sad, triste

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cahual(li), widow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la viuda

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=298st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cahualli (Mdz13v)

choca (TR41v)

Cahualoc (MH658r)