zotl (Mdz1871:1)

zotl (Mdz1871:1)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element zotl (a cloth) doubles for the tribute item tilmatli and doubles with the ce zotl tilmatli record.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
Date of Manuscript: 

1558

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Cuauhtla, Morelos

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Colors: 
white/neutral
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

zotl, one corner of cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zotl

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.