mitl (Mdz42r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This example of iconography shows an arrow (mitl) apparently made from the segmented acatl reed and decorated with feathers. The arrow is red and yellow, with a gray feather and white down ball.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Gloss Image:
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:
flecha
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
arrows, flechas, carrizo, acatl, caña, plumas, feathers
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
mitl
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 42 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 94 of 188.
Image Source, Rights:
Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)
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