atl (Mdz8r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This glyphic element for water (atl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Huei Atotonilco.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Added Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Keywords:
water, shells
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
water
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
el agua
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 8 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 26, of 188.
Image Source, Rights:
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).
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