cuitlatl (Mdz2v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element, cuitlatl (excrement), has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cuitlahuac. It is a yellow, curling piece of excrement that seems to be dropping downward. The curling part is on the right-hand side.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Colors:
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
excremento
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
el excremento
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 02 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 15 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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