otlatl (Mdz42r)

otlatl (Mdz42r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example of otlatl is meant to provide a comparison for the examples of otlatl that are found in glyphs. These are canes, something like bamboo and what is called carrizo in Spanish. They are still used in Mexico today--as fencing material, for example. Here is a photo published by the Harp Helú foundation in Oaxaca showing bundles of what are called "otates" today. The "otates" are larger than carrizo and more durable.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

otlatl

Gloss Normalization: 

otlatl (otate, today)

Gloss Analysis, 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)
Colors: 
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

canes, bamboos, cañas

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

otla(tl), bamboo or stout cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/otlatl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 42 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 94 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)

Historical Contextualizing Image: