tepetl (Mdz17v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Zozollan. The removal of the glyph for piercing at the top of the mountain left a little distortion there, a flattening.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Added Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
place
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 17 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 45 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).
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