tochtli (Mdz10v)

tochtli (Mdz10v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a rabbit (tochtli) has been carved from the compound place name Tochpan. The rabbit appears in profile, facing the viewer's left, and crouching. It is predominantly purple, with a white underbelly and chin. It has protruding teeth, and its eyes are open.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In the Codex Mendoza, rabbits can appear simply as heads or as full bodied animals. Sometimes their coats are textured, sometimes not. They can be crouching low to the ground or have their upper bodies raised somewhat. See some of this variety below.

Added Analysis, 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

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
year name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
purple
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
horizontal
profile view
Keywords: 

rabbits, conejos

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

toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el conejo

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 10 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 31 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: 

Tochpan (Mdz10v)

tochtli (Mdz8r)

tochtli (Mdz46r)

tochtli (Mdz17v)