Tepoztitlan (Mdz40v)

Tepoztitlan (Mdz40v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a painting of the simplex glyph for the place name Tepoztitlan. It shows an ax or hatchet with a terracotta-colored wooden handle and a (probably copper, tepoztli) blade. The blade tip comes out the back of the handle. The front of the blade (on the viewer's right) is almost a triangle, but it flares at the outer edge.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
locative (not visual)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Colors: 
tan
Keywords: 

hachas, herramientas, madera, metales

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

tepoz(tli), metal, something made of metal, ax or hatchet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli
-tlan (locative suffix), place, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 40 verso, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)