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nocheztli

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  • chained_bear commented on the word nocheztli

    Usage/historical note in comment on tlapalli.


    "In the early 1540s, Toribio de Venavente, a Franciscan friar also known as Motolinia, was aware that Tlaxcala produced 'very good cochineal,' and he spoke enough Nahuatl to apply the term <i>nocheztli</i> to the dyestuff."

    Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 129.

    October 5, 2017