tzinacantli (Mdz46r)

tzinacantli (Mdz46r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This glyphic element for a tzinacantli (biting bat) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tzinacanoztoc.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, Xitlali Torres

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

tzinacan(tli), a biting bat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzinacantli, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzinacantli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

biting bat

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 46 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 102 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: 

Tzinacanoztoc (Mdz46r)