tepetl (Mdz46r)

tepetl (Mdz46r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tototepec. The removal of the bird at the top of the hill has left some distortion of the usual bell shape. The coloring is classic, however. The hill is a two-tone green with curling, rocky outcroppings on the slopes and horizontal red and yellow lines at the base.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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 not silent)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

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 46 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 102 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: 

Tototepec (Mdz46r)