zacatl (CQ)

zacatl (CQ)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography shows short upright grasses (zacatl). It is provided here for the purpose of comparison with examples of zacatl from hieroglyphs. See below.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Granted, the tlacuilos who created these paintings were different between the Codex Mendoza and this one, but the difference is considerable. These short grasses are not feathery or curved. They are short and spiky, perhaps showing European stylistic influences.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
linear or multiple straight lines
spiky
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

grasses, zacates, césped, pasto

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

zaca(tl), grasses, weeds, forage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el zacate, pasto, foraje

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Randall Rodríguez

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Zacatl Tlacomolli (CQ)

zacatl (Mdz13r)

zacatl (Mdz50r)

zacatl (Mdz38r)

zacatl (Mdz40r)

zacatl (Mdz16r)

Zacacatl (MH625r)