yauhtli (Mdz8r)

yauhtli (Mdz8r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This green, yellow, and white painting of the element yauhtli has been carved from the compound place name glyph Yauhtepec (see below).

Description, 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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Colors: 
green (light)
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

yauh(tli), a plant that smells and tastes of anise, which was burned in place of incense, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yauhtli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 08 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 25, 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: 

Yauhtepec (Mdz8r)