milli (Mdz41r)

milli (Mdz41r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a milli (agricultural field) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tecmilco. It is a horizontal rectangle, divided into three segments (to indicate furrows or parcels?) in alternating colors of terracotta and purple or dark gray. Cultivation seems to be indicated with rows of dots (probably seeds) and U-shapes (perhaps marks from the digging stick).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
orange/terracotta
purple
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
rectangular
U-shapes (any direction)
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

sementeras, sembradas, parcelas, agricultura

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

Agricultural field

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 41 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 92 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: 

Tecmilco (Mdz41r)

milli (Mdz25r)

milli (TR41v)