amatl (Mdz23v)

amatl (Mdz23v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing is an iconographic example for the noun amatl (paper). The paper appears to be rolled up and tied with a cord.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the paper is a long strip, this would be a format likely known prior to contact. Some codices today are called tiras (Spanish for long strips).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Paper
Rope, cord
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
tied, bound, or bundled
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ama(tl), paper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amatl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 23 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 57 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0)