calli (T1735:2:109)

calli (T1735:2:109)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a simplex glyph for a house or building (calli). It is shown in profile facing to the viewer's right. It has a modified T-shape beam construction, which a short beam at the base, pointing to the left. These appear to be wooden, with a terracotta color. It is all right angles, and it has a thin platform upon which the building sits. At the back, in the middle, there is a small horizontal detail suggesting another construction feature.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Joaquín Galarza argued that this standard sign for calli was half of a building. But, if we flipped the building over and joined the two pieces together, the beam across the top would not be continuous.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1566

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Coyoacan

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: 
black
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
rectangular
right angle(s)
Keywords: 

houses, buildings, casas, edificios, madera

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

calli, house, building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la casa

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 109.  

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.