xolochtic (Mdz71r)

xolochtic (Mdz71r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This iconographic example from the Codex Mendoza is included here as a comparison for glyphs of elderly male servants (xolo) and signs conveying the adjective for "wrinkled" (xolochtic). The gloss refers to the "viejo" (old man).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

One might also note the link to Xolotl, an ancestor figure said (by Chimalpahin) to have lived to 200 and have ruled for 112 years.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

viejo

Gloss Normalization:

viejo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c, 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Colors:

gray

green (dark)

tan

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

wrinkles

Keywords:

old men, aging, wrinkled, arrugado, toothlessness, viejos, envejecimiento, falta de dientes, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xolochtic, wrinkled, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xolochtic

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-SA 3.0)