mazatl (CQ)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element of a deer has been carved from a date sign. The deer is shown here just as a head, in profile, with antlers, looking toward the viewer's right.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Added Analysis:
Mazatl was a day sign in the calendar, and so it was a popular name for babies born under that sign.
Added Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593
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Keywords:
deer, venados, animals, animales, days, días, fechas, calendars, calendarios
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
El Venado
Image Source:
The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/
Image Source, Rights:
The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.
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