yahualli (Mdz27r)

yahualli (Mdz27r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for something round (yahualli) also serves as the sign for the place name, Mizquiyahualan. The round thing in this case is the mezquite (mizquitl) tree. It is bent over to our right, its trunk rounded. The tree trunk is colored terracotta, its roots are red, and it has four branches with green foliage (perhaps sepals), each one with two long yellow petals or other natural protrusions. The trunk also has many spines, each with a red base and white tip.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Analysis, 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
orange/terracotta
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bent
circle, circular or rounded
roots are visible
spiky
Keywords: 

redondo

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

yahual(li), something round, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yahualli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

something round

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una cosa redonda

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 27 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 64 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: 

yahualli (Mdz22r)

yahualli (Mdz21v)

yahualli (Mdz36r)