tepetl (Mdz21v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Aztaquemeca.
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:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tepetl21v%28silent%29hill%2CmountainFromAztaquemeca21v.jpg?itok=a9l2q6ms)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
hill or mountain
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 15 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 53 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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