petlatl (Mdz26r)

petlatl (Mdz26r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This yellow painting is an iconographic example for the noun petlatl (woven mat). It is a frontal view of a long rectangle, standing vertically. It is woven in a herringbone pattern.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

esteras

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: 
frontal view
rectangular
vertical, upright
woven
Keywords: 

woven mats, petates, esteras, blandos de espadañas

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

petla(tl), reed mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 26 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 62 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)