metztli (Osu14v)

metztli (Osu14v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for a month (metztli) comes from the Codex Osuna, folio 14 verso (or Image 31). It is a vertical crescent moon that is open toward the viewer’s right. Inside the crescent is an anthropomorphic face. The moon is painted partially red.
Added Analysis: This moon shows European artistic influence.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
crescent
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

meses, lunas, caras, crescientes

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

metz(tli), month, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/metztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el mes

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

metztli (T1871:1)

metztli (FCbk11f214v)

Tecciztecatl Metztli (TR19r)