cuauhtetepoyo (Mdz20v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the noun cuauhtetepoyo, a war shield with an eagle-claw design..
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Date of Manuscript:
by 1553 at the latest
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
cuauhtetepoyo, having an eagle claw design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtetepoyo
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 20 verso, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english.
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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