cihuateocalli (Mdz64r)

cihuateocalli (Mdz64r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This teopancalli is not identified as such with a Nahuatl gloss. We have given it this name after comparing it to various hieroglyphs. It is a steep, stepped, articulated structure, shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. The house at the top is a classic calli, with the T-shaped wooden beams at the entry way. Peeking out from behind the calli is what appears to be a land parcel or a white cloth with rows of U- or V-shapes.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The teopancalli most regularly has a structure at the top (the calli, presumably), whereas a teopan glyph can lack the top structure. See below for making comparisons.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

mezquita. nonbr^da
çihuateocalli

Gloss Normalization:

mezquita nombrada cihuateocalli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (female)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

orange/terracotta

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

U-shapes (any direction)

Keywords:

templos, teocalli, mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cihuateocal(li), temple of women, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cihuateocalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

un templo de mujeres

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 64 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 138 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-SA 3.0)