tepetl (Mdz13v)

tepetl (Mdz13v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Iztac Tlalocan. We removed the Tlaloc head from the top of the mountain and then tried to smooth out what was left. The color of this mountain is not the usual two-tone green because the place name includes the word iztac, white, which was fused with the mountain.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added 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: 
locative (visual but silent)
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
Keywords: 

mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

hill or mountain

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 13 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 37 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: 

Iztactlalocan (Mdz13v)