topilli (Mdz66r)

topilli (Mdz66r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This topilli (staff of authority) is not glossed as such, which is why we are categorizing it as iconography and not a hieroglyph. But, we include it here for the purpose of making comparisons with glyphs, and one of these (below) is strikingly similar, although perhaps shorter. This one is a terracotta color, which may suggest it is wooden. The hand (dark gray in color) is there for proportional size.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Colors: 
gray
orange/terracotta
Keywords: 

staffs, staves, topiles, varas de justicia, cetros, bordones, lanzas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

topil(li), staff of office or authority,https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/topilli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 66 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 142 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)

See Also: 

Cuauhtopilli (MH522v)

Tlalcuauh (MH521v)