azcatl (Azca7) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

azcatl (Azca7)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This colorful painting of the glyphic element azcatl (ant) has been carved from the compound place name glyph Azcatitlan (see below).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Azcatitlan, Codex (Azca)

Date of Manuscript:

post-1550, but content about the migration from Aztlan to about 1527

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

perhaps Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Syntax:

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

Keywords:

ants, hormigas, bugs, insects, insectos, bichos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

azca(tl), ant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/azcatl

Image Source:

The Codex Azcatitlan is also known as the Histoire mexicaine, [Manuscrit] Mexicain 59–64. It is housed in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and hosted on line by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=7&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

The Library of Congress is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.” But please cite Bibliothèque Nationale de France and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

See Also:

Azcatitlan (Azca7)

azcatl (Mdz5v)

Azcatl (MH503v)

Azcatl (MH549v)

Azcatl (MH578v)

Azcatl (MH833v)