callalli (T1735:2:108)

callalli (T1735:2:108)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting is an iconographic example for the noun, callalli (land associated with a house).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1735, exp. 2, f. 109
Date of Manuscript: 

1566

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Coyoacan

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Keywords: 

casas, tierras, milpa

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

caltlal(li), land associated with a house, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caltlalli
cal(li), a house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli
tlal(li), an agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 108

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.