mazatl (Mdz47r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Mazatlan.
Added Analysis:
The turquoise-colored antlers are owing to the fact that the deer is metaphorically called "acaxoch," or reed flower, according to Gordon Whittaker (Deciphering Aztec Hieroglyphs, 2021, 96).
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Xitlali Torres
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
deer
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 47 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 104 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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