Tlacaxipehualiztli (Mdz47r)

Tlacaxipehualiztli (Mdz47r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This red and white simplex glyph stands for the month name, Tlacaxipehualiztli, in the xiuhpohualli calendar. It is a triangular device with red and white stripes around the top. It is also tied with a white cord around the middle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlacaxipehualiztli

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

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
month name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Rope, cord
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Water
Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
triangular
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

Tlacaxipehualiztli, the name of a month of twenty days, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacaxipehualiztli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 47 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 104 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)