tequixquitl (Mdz29r)

tequixquitl (Mdz29r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tequixquiac (perhaps, "At the Salty Water"). It comprises two rounded and scalloped orange figures with dots. This may be hail.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

These may be pieces of saltpeter. Alonso de Molina gives salitre.

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

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

dotted, granular, textured

scalloped edges

Keywords:

hard like stones, snow, hail, ice

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tequixqui(tl), saltpeter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequizqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

cosa empedernida, o que se toma como piedra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Alonso de Molina

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 29 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 68 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).