cuitlatl (Mdz6r)

cuitlatl (Mdz6r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for cuitlatl), excrement, has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cuitlahuac. It is a volute with the curl downward and facing left.

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

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Excretions (bodily, human or animal)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
volute(s)
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

cuitl(atl), excrement, excretion, or excrescence, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlatl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 06 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 22, 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).

See Also: 

Cuitlahuac (Mdz6r)