itzcuintli (Mdz8r)

itzcuintli (Mdz8r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for a dog (itzquintli) also represents the place name, Izcuincuitlapilco. 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.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Itzcuintli is a day sign in the calendar.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

day name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

spotted or mottled

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

itzcuin(tli), dog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itzcuintli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

dog

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 8 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 25, 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).