cuahuitl (Mdz26r)

cuahuitl (Mdz26r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This glyphic element for tree (cuahuitl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cuauhtitlan. It shows an upright tree with a leader and two branches. The bark is a terracotta color. The visible roots are red. The foliage is a two-tone green.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Plants, Flora
Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
orange/terracotta
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tripartite
vertical, upright
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuahui(tl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

tree

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 26 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 62 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).