tlanitztli (Mdz15v)

tlanitztli (Mdz15v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a shin (tlanitztli) has been carved from the compound place name Tlanitztlan. It is a lower, left leg with a foot, painted a terracotta color. It is shown in profile, facing to the viewer's left.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Names (places)
Colors: 
orange/terracotta
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

shins, espinillas

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

tlanitz(tli), shin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlanitztli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 15 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 41 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: 

Tlanitztlan (Mdz15v)