zacatl (Mdz16r)

zacatl (Mdz16r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for grasses or fodder (zacatl) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Zacatepec. Five stalks of grass appear here, upright, slightly curving, and quite feathery. They are drawn in black ink and painted yellow.

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)
Colors: 
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

grasses, pasto, forraje

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

zaca(tl), grasses or fodder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el zacate

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 16 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 42 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: 

Zacatepec (Mdz16r)

zacatl (Mdz13r)

zacatl (Mdz50r)

zacatl (Mdz38r)

zacatl (Mdz40r)