Itzcuincuitlapilco (Mdz8r)
This simplex glyph for the place name Itzcuincuitlapilco can also serve to represent the itzcuintli dog or its tail (cuitlapilli). It is only half a dog, the lower half. It is shown in profile, sitting, facing toward the viewer's left, with a long tail on the right. It is largely white, but with some black spots.
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The bodily position of the dog speaks to cuitlatl (excrement), and attention is drawn to the animal's tail (cuitlapilli). The itzcuintli is, incidentally, a day sign in the calendar.
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c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest
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itzcuin(tli), dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuintli
cuitlapil(li), tail, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuitlapilli
-co (locative suffix), in or at, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co
Codex Mendoza, folio 8 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 26, of 188.
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).