cacahuatl (Mdz68r)

cacahuatl (Mdz68r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This iconographic example of a cup, with four cacao (cacahuatl) beans showing at the top, is included here as a comparison for glyphic signs that involve cacao. The ceramic cup is polychrome, with a red and white band of design near the top and also at the base.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The short line at the top of the cacao bean is a diagnostic.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

xicara cō cacao
pa bever

Gloss Normalization:

jícara con cacao para beber

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:

Beverages

Ceramics, Pottery

Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Food, Eating, Cooking

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

orange/terracotta

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

symmetry

vertical, upright

Keywords:

cacao, chocolate, cocoa, tazas, xícaras bebidas, cacahuatl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cacahua(tl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cacahuatl

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 68 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., Image 146 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)