itztli (Mdz23r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element of an obsidian blade (itztli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Itztlan. It is vertical and curves to the right at the top.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
by 1553 at the latest
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
itz(tli), a sharp-bladed instrument of obsidian, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
hoja de obsidiana
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 23 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 56 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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