xonotl (Mdz51r)

xonotl (Mdz51r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a type of tree (xonotl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Xonoctlan, which is in the area of Veracruz, near the Gulf Coast. Featured are three trunks or branches, all painted a two-tone green, all with a clump of vegetation at the top, and all standing upright or vertical.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or 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: 
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tripartite
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

trees, árboles

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

xono(tl), a type of tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xonotl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 51 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 112 of 118.

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: 

Xonoctla (Mdz51r)