tepetl (Mdz42r)

tepetl (Mdz42r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element showing a hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepeyacac. It has the typical bell shape and the usual two-tone green, with the horizontal red and yellow stripes at the base. The rocky outcroppings on the right hand side are lower than usual because the artist had moved them to accommodate the nose on the slope on the right side (which we carved away when preparing this element for its own separate entry).

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
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
orange/terracotta
red
yellow or golden
Keywords: 

mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl

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

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

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

hill or mountain

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 42 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 94 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: 

Tepeyacac (Mdz42r)