naranja (Osu12v)

naranja (Osu12v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting from the Codex Osuna, folio 12 verso (or Image 27), shows a group of oranges with some leaves. This fruit was the source of a dispute between the spouse of a Spanish official and a Nahua topile (constable of the Indigenous community), named Miguel Chichimecatl. She either beat him or killed him (the verb is mictia) over some defect in the oranges.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

As of June 2024, this is the first example in this collection of an orange painted by a tlacuilo. We include it here as an example of iconography with the purpose of providing for future comparisons with glyphs. There are glyphs of other fruits (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Crime, Punishment
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (female)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
red
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

naranjas, frutas, hojas, conflictos, topiles, mal trato, mujeres, españoles, crimen, castigo

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

naranja xocotl, an orange (partly a loanword from Spanish), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/naranja-xocotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la naranja

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

capolin (Mdz33r)

nochtli (Mdz43r)