Xiuhcactli (Mdz2r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This blue painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xiuhcactli ("Turquoise-Blue Sandal") is attested here as a man's name.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
by 1553 at the latest
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Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
xiuh-, a prefix that refers to a blue-green color, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiuh-1
cac(tli), footwear/sandal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cactli
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 2 recto, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english
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)
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