calli (Mdz67r)

calli (Mdz67r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography, which is glossed "casa" (house in Spanish), is included here as a point of comparison for glyphs in the collection that are glossed "calli" (house in Nahuatl. It is interesting for its frontal view, whereas most examples of calli show a profile view. The building is white, and the beams framing the entrance, along with the roof, are all a terracotta color. It is difficult to tell if the roof has vertical planks or thatching.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Frontal views of calli in the Codex Mendoza (c. 1541) are the exception, and the profile the norm. Profiles can face right or left. The Matrícula de Huexotzinco (1560) has both views, but the frontal is somewhat less rare by that time, perhaps as a result of European influence.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

casa

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

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: 
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
right angle(s)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

casas, edificios

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

xacalli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 67 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 144 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0)

See Also: 

calli (Mdz20r)

Calli (MH485v)

Calli (MH493r)