petlatl (Mdz22r)

petlatl (Mdz22r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a petate (petlatl), or woven mat, has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepetlapan. It is a horizontal, narrow, woven mat with a herringbone pattern. It is yellow in color.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for other examples of petates.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

woven mats, petates, esteras, blandos de espadañas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

woven mat

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 22 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 54 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).