tlacochtli (Mdz17v)

tlacochtli (Mdz17v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a type of projectile, such as an arrow or spear (tlacochtli), has been carved from the title Tlacochtecuhtli. It is a vertical arrow, yellow in its shaft (which is apparently made from the acatl plant) and decorated with a gray-purple feather (probably from an eagle's wing) and a white down feather.

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Feathers
Plants, Flora
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Colors: 
purple (light)/lavender
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

arrows, flechas, feathers, plumas, reeds, cañas, jabalinas, lanzas

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

tlacoch(tli), a projectile, such as an arrow, spear, or javelin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una flecha

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 17 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 45 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)

See Also: 

Tlacochtecuhtli (Mdz17v)