calli (CQ)

calli (CQ)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been separated from the combined glyph plus notation for the name Macuilli Calli, or 5-House. It is a sign for a house or building (calli) with a red roof, a brown wooden beam at the entrance, and a white foundation. The Ce Calli glyph from this same codex does not have this wrap-around red roof (see below). The difference remains to be explained.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

As the contextualizing image shows, this house is part of a combined glyph-notation for the date Five House, a date in the Mesoamerican calendar. It is the name of a lord who sits on an icpalli (seat of status) that is covered with a jaguar skin. He also wears a cape tied above his shoulder. It is made of white cloth with a red trim.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
year name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
brown
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
right angle(s)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

houses, buildings, architecture, casas, edificios, arquitectura

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

cal(li), house/building/ https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/calli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la casa,o el edificio

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Ofelia Cruz Morales

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Macuilli Calli (CQ)

calli (Mdz20v)

Macuilli Calli (Mdz2r)

Ce Calli (CQ)