axolotl (T2782:15:17r)

axolotl (T2782:15:17r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the glyphic element axolotl (a type of salamander) has been carved from the compound place name glyph Axoloapan (see below).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

AGN Tierras 2782, exp. 15

Date of Manuscript:

1590

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Otumba, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

salamanders, salamandras, animales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

axolo(tl), a type of salamander, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/axolotl

Image Source:

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras Vol. 2782, Exp. 15, Fol. 17r.

Image Source, Rights:

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.