petlacalli (MH554v)

petlacalli (MH554v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the element petlacalli (woven container) has been taken from the personal name glyph, Tozpetlacal (see below). Based on the name of origin, this particular container may have contained feathers (not visible here, however).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Research by Molly Harbour Bassett and Jeanette Peterson has led Molly to share the following (personal communication, 16 December 2024): "Based on the attached image from Florentine Codex Book 4, fol. 60v, and related text on 59r, the box [in the ichtequi glyph below] likely contains a cloth and greenstone beads on a red thread. Petlacalli probably contained other kinds of valuables and heirlooms, so the cloth and greenstone beads may represent diverse goods." See the Florentine Codex image that Molly provides, below. And see this group of images of the petlacalli from the Digital Florentine Codex: https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/search?term=petlacalli&view=image. Analyzing the term petlacalli, one finds petlatl (woven mat) and calli (house, or, in some cases, container, something with an interior). A similar use of calli appears in the glyph for the personal name Chiquiuhcal and Mical (a container for arrows, a quiver), shown below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

woven

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons:

Museum/Rare Book Notes:

Image provided by Molly Bassett, 16 December 2024.

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

petlacal(li), a container made of straw, a deep basket with a cover, in which things were stored, a woven wicker hamper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlacalli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 554v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=188&st=image.

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).