tototl (Mdz48r)

tototl (Mdz48r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the place name Tototlan doubles here for the noun tototl, a bird that is painted a two-tone green. Its eye, beak, and claws are yellow. The bird stands in profile, looking to the viewer's right.

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Mouth/Beak Open
Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros

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

toto(tl), bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 48 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 106 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: 

tototl (Mdz13r)

tototl (Mdz46r)