molcaxitl (MH528r)

molcaxitl (MH528r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element molcaxitl (sauce bowl) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph Atl Imol (perhaps "The Water's Sauce Bowl) (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Food, Eating, Cooking
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

sauces, sauce bowls, salsas, molcajetes

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

molcaxi(tl), sauce bowl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/molcaxitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el molcajete

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 528r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=135&st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

See Also: 

Atl Imol (MH528r)