nochtli (Mdz15v)

nochtli (Mdz15v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Nocheztlan. The fruit usually sits atop a part of the prickly pear cactus plant. The fruit is bulb-shaped and has a blossom at the top. The cactus plant is green with spines of red and white. The fruit is green, and the blossom above it is red and yellow. Here, the flowers/fruit are not quite visible.

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Colors: 
green (light)
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
spiky
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

noch(tli), cactus fruit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nochtli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 15 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 41 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: 

Nocheztlan (Mdz15v)

Nocheztlan (Mdz43r)