quemitl (Mdz21v)

quemitl (Mdz21v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element showing the logograph for quemitl) (vestment, ritual bib) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Ixquemecan. The element here is a trapezoidal white cloth that is shown as a face cover in the compound glyph.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Mesolore> website offers this translation for the place name (Ixquemecan): "Place of the Maguey-Fiber Capes."

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Religion (Indigenous)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
trapezoidal
Keywords: 

garments, velos, capas, mantas, ritual bibs, vestments, quemetl

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

ix(tli), eyes or face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
quemi(tl), vestment or ritual bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl
-can (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/can-2

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

prenda de pecho o para cubrir la cara

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

http://geog.berkeley.edu/ProjectsResources/Glyphs/Plate16/Ixquemecan.html

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 21 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 53 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).

See Also: 

Ixquemecan (Mdz21v)