comitl (Mdz36r)

comitl (Mdz36r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example is meant to provide comparisons for glyphs that include jugs or ceramic jars (e.g. comitl). This is a tall, upright, terracotta-colored jug, in a frontal view. It has a handle on the right and left. It sits on a white ring to help stabilize it. It has netting over it, perhaps for each grabbing or holding. Its neck is flared.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

cantarillo

Gloss Normalization: 

cantarillo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Food, Eating, Cooking
Colors: 
orange/terracotta
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

barro, cerámica, cántaros, ollas, redes

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

co(mitl), jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 36 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 82 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)