tenextic (Mdz10v)

tenextic (Mdz10v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for gray (tenext(ic)) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tenexticpac. Apparently, the reference is to gray hair.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

While the hair may or not be gray, it is distinctive, being dotted. This unusual hair style (shaved head?) may also be an ethnic reference. Further research is required.

Added 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: 
adjective
noun(s)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tenex(tic), gray, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextic
-tic, a suffix for adjective-like substantives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tic-0

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

lime

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 10 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 31 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Tenexticpac (Mdz10v)