tenextlati (MH591r)

tenextlati (MH591r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of the lime kiln operator (tenextlati) shows a kiln on at least three legs and at least five curls of smoke coming off the top.

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)

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

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

tripartite

vertical, upright

Keywords:

cal, oficio, quicklime, oven, horno

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tenex(tli), burnt limestone, lime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextli
tenextlati, one who makes lime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextlati

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 591r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=261&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).