Mexica (Azca14)

Mexica (Azca14)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black line drawing with some painted details shows a Mexica warrior in battle. It is included here for the purpose of making iconographic comparisons. This man (who would be a Mexicatl, in the singular) wears sandals and a loincloth. In his right hand, he holds a wooden club with embedded obsidian blades (macuahuitl). In his left hand, he holds a circular shield with a red border and a mesh pattern in the middle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss has an intrusive “n” at the end of Mexica, but it must be a plural; otherwise, the gloss should say Mexicatl.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Mexican

Gloss Normalization: 

Mexica

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

post-1550, possibly from the early seventeenth century.

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

perhaps Tlatelolco, Mexico City

Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

etnicidades, guerreros, combate

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

Mexica, the people of Mexico City, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mexica

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Mexica

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15280/?sp=14&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.

Orthography: 
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