ma (Mdz40r)

ma (Mdz40r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for grab/capture (ma) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Toliman. It is a left hand reaching from left to right, taking hold of a tule. The flesh is terracotta colored. We left a bit of the two-toned green reed there to show the taking action.

Description, 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

Syntax: 
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
orange/terracotta
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

ma, take or capture, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ma-0
ma(itl), hand or arm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 40 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 90 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: 

Toliman (Mdz40r)

maitl (Mdz40r)