tzayanalquilitl (Mdz31r)

tzayanalquilitl (Mdz31r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

Shown here with two branches and eight to nine small leaves per branch, this element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tzayanalquilpan. It features a medicinal herb, said to have benefits for the liver. (See: "Plantas acuáticas endémicas," http://colectivo-tollan.blogspot.com/2009/07/flores-acuaticas-endemicas....

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

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Plants, Flora
Keywords: 

edible herbs, medicinal herbs, hierbas comestibles, hierbas medicinales, plants, plantas, remedies, remedios, pahtli, patli

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

https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzilacayotli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

edible herb

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 31 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 72 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: 

Tzayanalquilpan (Mdz31r)