tepetl (Mdz23r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Xiuhtepec.
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
by 1553 at the latest
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Keywords:
mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
hill or mountain
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 23 recto, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english
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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