tetlaxinqui (Mdz71r)

tetlaxinqui (Mdz71r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography for tetlaxinqui (adultery) is included here for the purpose of making comparisons with glyphs for stones, glyphs inscribed with gender, and glyphs that include white cloth. The image here is of a man and a woman under a blanket, facing one another. Interestingly, the skin of the woman (with long hair) has more of a yellow tone, and the man's skin is a light terracotta color. She wears a turquoise earring and has long hair. He has short hair. By the head of each one there is a single stone. The stones are two-tone terracotta and purple with wavy, alternating horizontal stripes, and curling edges at the top, something like a heart (yollotl). The blanket, white and purple, has a three-dimensional undulation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss (in Spanish) says that the man has had "access" (sexual) to a married woman. See below for another punishment by stoning and one by cutting.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

acceso carnal con muger ca
sada

Gloss Normalization: 

acceso carnal con mujer casada

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

adulterios, mujeres, hombres, sexualidad, castigo, piedras

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

Codex Mendoza, folio 71 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 152 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0)