milli (Mdz24v)

milli (Mdz24v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of an agricultural field (milli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Xochimilcatzinco (below). This milli is a horizontal, segmented rectangle, alternating in orange and purple. The segments have dots and backward C-shapes, which seem to suggest cultivation.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
orange/terracotta
purple
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
C-shapes (any direction)
dotted, granular, textured
segmented
U-shapes (any direction)
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

mil(li), cultivated field, a land parcel under cultivation, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

agricultural field

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 24 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 59 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: 

Xochimilcatzinco (Mdz24v)