molcaxitl (MH528r)
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). This bowl has three legs or perhaps it is sitting on a three-legged stand.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Writing Features:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
sauces, sauce bowls, salsas, molcajetes
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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).
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