teocuitlaxapo (Mdz67r)

teocuitlaxapo (Mdz67r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the noun teocuitlaxapo, a gold war shield design.

Description, 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

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Feathers
Religion (Indigenous)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

teocuitlaxapo

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 67 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 144 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)