Mizquitlan (Mdz13v)

Mizquitlan (Mdz13v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph of a mesquite tree (mizquitl) stands for the place name Mizquitlan, a place where mesquite is prevalent. The locative suffix -tlan is not shown visually. The tree is spiny with a red and white trunk, red roots, green foliage, and large red and yellow seed pods. In reality, the seed pods are long and green, yellow, and/or red, depending upon their maturity.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The mesquite tree has various medicinal values. The thorns may have also been used for bloodletting (auto-sacrifice).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

mizquitlan-- pu^o

Gloss Normalization:

Mizquitlan, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, 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

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

locative (not visual)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flowers

Names (places)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

roots are visible

tripartite

Keywords:

mesquite trees

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mizqui(tl), mesquite tree or bush, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mizquitl
-tlan (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 13 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 37 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).