cahualli (MH608r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun cahualli ("widow"). Tears are built onto the cheek of a woman in the census.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
viudas, widows, tears, lágrimas, sad, triste
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cahual(li), widow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cahualli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
la viuda
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=298st=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).
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