tenextlati (MH811r)

tenextlati (MH811r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupational noun tenextlati (lime-kiln operator). The glyph shows what may be an adobe brick construction with a rounded opening at the base, four short lines on the ground at the entryway, and smoke curling out of the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This representation of smoke shows considerable change from the precontact style.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Occupations

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

cal, horno, construcción, adobes, fuego, humo, oficio

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tenextlati, a person who makes lime (for construction), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextlati

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el operador de cal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 811r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=696&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: