tenextlati (MH536v)

tenextlati (MH536v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation for a lime kiln operator (“tenextlati,” attested here as a man’s job) shows an oven with an arched, black entrance, a stepped roof, and curling gray smoke coming out of the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

quicklime, cal, kiln, horno, oficio

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tenextlati, one who makes or burns lime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextlati

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 536v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=152&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: