Términos

Lápices de colores hechos de pigmentos en polvo, junto con aglutinantes no aceitosos y prensados en bastones de un dedo de longitud.

Miembros enmarcados que atraviesan y apoyan los extremos de las viguetas o vigas.

Unidad de mampostería colocada de modo que sus extremos queden expuestos, traslapando dos o más filas adyacentes de mampostería y uniéndolas entre sí.

En albañilería, un ladrillo de canto más oscuro que el resto del muro.

Vara o lápiz de bambú usado para aplicar cera caliente en la técnica de batik. La cera caliente se pone dentro de un pequeño recipiente de cobre ubicado en la punta y sale a través de una aguja.

Culture of the Tla-o-qui-aht bands of indigenous Canadians, now living along the Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Painter-scribes who created codices in Aztec society. They were responsible for recording important historical events, religious knowledge, dynastic genealogies, and cultural landscapes. Codices were typically made using carbon and other pigments applied to gessoed amate paper, deer skin, woven cotton, or other materials. After the Spanish Conquest, the tlahcuilohqueh continued producing codices, but created a mixed system that combined glyphic writing, pictography, and the Latin alphabet.

The various insignia of a Nahua tlahtoani (ruler) in postclassic central Mexico, including the xiuhhuitzolli (turquoise mosaic diadem) and the xiuhtilmahtli (turquoise cape), usually tenixyoh ("with eyes on the edge").

Rulers in Nahua culture, literally, “those who speak."

In Nahua culture, full suits worn in battle that encased the torso, arms, and legs. These were made of feathers sewn to a backing fabric, and reflected the status of the person wearing them. The term has also been extended to other accompanying insignia, arms carried by the warrior, and the headdress associated with the garment. The headdress often reflected the theme of the garment, which could represent animals, demons, gods, or nature elements such as starry skies or flames.

The wise people of Nahua societies, who were said to be the owners of painted books and possessors of knowledge.

Nahua warrior recognizable by his hairstyle characterized by a tonsure, associated with the Otomi rank.

A general term for lapidary artists in Nahua culture, literally, "those who cut things." Tlatecque would work precious and semi-precious stones into jewelry and also cut stone mosaics.

Style and culture of the inhabitants of Tlatelolco.