tetl (Mdz24v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This representation of a tetl (stone or rock) has been carved from the place name glyph for Tehuitzco. The rock element has the classic, alternating, purple and terracotta wavy lines and curling components on the exterior.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Colors:
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Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
te(tl), stone(s) or rock(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
la piedra o la roca
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 24 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 59 of 188.
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)
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