etl (Mdz37r)

etl (Mdz37r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic element is provided here as a comparison to the beans (etl) that are parts of glyphs (see below, right). In this case there are four black beans, shown in a horizontal row, with their white spots on the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

We know from the gloss ("frisoles") that these are beans, which is why we have filed this example under etl, the term for beans in Nahuatl.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

frisoles

Gloss Normalization: 

frisoles (i.e. frijoles)

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: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
oval (see also leaf shaped)
Keywords: 

black beans, frijoles, frisoles

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

e(tl), beans, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/etl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

los frijoles

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 37 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 84 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)

See Also: 

etl (Mdz44r)

etl (Mdz52r)