tepetl (Mdz15v)

tepetl (Mdz15v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for tepetl) (hill, mountain) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlachinolticpac. The tlachinolli (conflagration) glyph has been removed from the top of the mountain, but a remnant of its color remains.

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
Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
red
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
Keywords: 

mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl

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

tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

hill or mountain

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 15 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 41 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: 

Tlachinolticpac (Mdz15v)