tepetl (Mdz21v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tonan Itlan. The removal of "our mother" has left some distortion in the shape of the hill (top, right).
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:
hill or mountain
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 21 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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