calani (Verg15v)

calani (Verg15v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element calani (the verb, to ring) has been carved from the personal name glyph Callalatl (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Sensory Perception
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
circle, circular or rounded
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
Keywords: 

bells, suenan, metales

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

calani, to ring (as in a bell), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calani

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 15v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f38.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

Callalatl (Verg15v)