tzinacantli (Mdz10r)

tzinacantli (Mdz10r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for bat (tzinacantli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tzinacantepec. This glyph consists of the head only. It is looking to our left. Its mouth is open, the nose tips upward, and its red and white teeth or fangs are curling out of the corner of the mouth. The head is painted purple.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Mouth/Beak Open
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
purple
red
white/neutral
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

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

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

biting bat

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el murciélago

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 10 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 30 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: 

Tzinacantepec (Mdz10r)