tepetl (Mdz13v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tecuantepec (today, Tehuantepec). The tecuani has been removed from the top of the hill, which meant we had to reconstruct the curve at the top.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
hill or mountain
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 13 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 37 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).
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