huipilli (Mdz43r)

huipilli (Mdz43r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example of a huipilli (blouse, tunic) comes from a page showing tribute items. It was paired with a skirt of pant-skirt (called nahuas, in the Spanish glosses). We are including the huipilli here as a comparison for glyphs that have similar blouses. This one is white with a rectangle over the chest that has a black, red, and white design. It might be an X-shape, possibly a quincunx. A horizontal black tripe and a wider red stripe appear toward the bottom edge of this woman's garment. The red stripe has pairs of diagonal black lines.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Gender (female)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross (x)
striped
Keywords: 

blouses, huipiles, garments, clothing, ropa

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

huipil(li), woman's blouse or tunic, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huipilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el huipil, la blusa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 43 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 96 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)