xomolli (OLM)

xomolli (OLM)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography shows a floor plan for a building on the Oztoticpac Lands Map (OLM) held in the Library of Congress. The building has various corners (xomolli). It is a bird's eye view. The building has some internal divisions, including some walls and some posts that may mark off hallways. There is one main entrance/exit or doorway. The door has been tipped on its side to make it more visible in the bird's eye view. A hint of red colorant is visible on some of the walls.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss explains that this is a tepancalli which, in this context, is a house with stone or adobe walls. It was claimed by an elite indigenous male, "don Carlos," but the person who wrote the gloss was disputing that it really pertained to him. This example of iconography can provide comparative material for readings of different buildings (calli) and for the Codex Mendoza glyph for xomolli (corner).

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

uztoticpac tepancalli ytechpohui yntlali
tocayutl hamo y axca yndoncarlos.

Gloss Normalization: 

Oztoticpac tepancalli itech pohui in tlali
tocayotl amo iaxca in don Carlos.

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
rectangular
right angle(s)
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

xomol(li), a corner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xomolli
tepancal(li), a house with stone or adobe walls, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepancalli

Image Source: 

https://www.loc.gov/item/88690436/, upper left quadrant.

Image Source, Rights: 

Library of Congress, Creative Commons.

See Also: 

calli (Mdz33r)

xomolli (Mdz43r)

xomolli (CA 58v)