tenextli (Osu1v)

tenextli (Osu1v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph of the noun, tenextli (lime) comes from the Codex Osuna, folio 1 verso. It is an upright bundle with rounded edges. It seems to be wrapped in white fabric. Two horizontal lines near the top and bottom are apparently cords or ropes that were used to tie the bundle of lime, which was a tribute item.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In the Codex Mendoza, a bundle of lime is wrapped with a petlatl (woven mat). Small dots above the bundle are an indication that what is inside the bundle is a powdery substance (lime). A kiln for making lime appears as a glyph in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. See these examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Tributes, Taxation, Service
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

cal, piedras, cenizas, caliza, construcción, tributos, bultos

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tenex(tli), lime, a substance used in stucco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenextli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

cal

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tenextli (Mdz42r)

tenexcalli (MH487v)