yancuic (Mdz43r)

yancuic (Mdz43r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for yancuic from the compound glyph for the place name Yancuictlan seems to show a piece of fine, new cloth that attempts to convey the concept of new. The white rectangle is a simple black-line drawing with a simple border.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It can be a challenge to present the concept "new" without drawing attention to a noun. Here, the tlacuilo seems to be showing something along the lines of what Westerners might call a "clean slate."

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

Syntax: 
adjective
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Paper
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
bird's eye view
rectangular
Keywords: 

new, nuevo, el espacio en blanco, un borrón y cuenta nueva

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

yancuic, new, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yancuic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

nuevo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 43 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 96 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: 

Yancuictlan (Mdz12r)

Yancuictlan (Mdz43r)