Eyi Tochtli (Mdz2r)

Eyi Tochtli (Mdz2r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph plus notation represents a solar year date of Eyi Tochtli (Three Rabbit, or 3-Rabbit). While the image did not capture it, this date is enclosed in a black-line box, which is indicative that it is a date. The turquoise blue paint over the entire box and its contents is a phonetic indicator that this is a year date, given that year (xihuitl) and turquoise (xihuitl) are homophones. The three ones of the notation are circles with a dot in the middle of each one. Sometimes these circles are empty, and sometimes they have concentric circles inside. So, there are some variations.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

México City

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Shapes and Perspectives: 
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 02 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 14 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).