ce zotl tilmatli (T1871:1)

ce zotl tilmatli (T1871:1)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of iconography is glossed as ce zotl tilmatli (regularizing the gloss). This is one piece of cloth that is a cloak or could be made into a cloak. A zotl can also be a measure equivalent to one quarter of a Spanish pierna (literally, a "leg," which is a reference to its length). The cloth is shown to have more length than width, being a narrow rectangle. It has no pattern or coloring, being neutral, the same color as the paper upon which it has been drawn.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is a tribute item. The pairing of two nouns such as zotl and tilmatli may be a diphrasism. If so, the zotl (piece of cloth) is reinforcing the tilmatli (which is also a piece of cloth, even if it is also a garment). See the element below for a zotl tribute cloth with a bone (needle?) penetrating it. Alternately, the term zotl may be a reference to the size of the cloak.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

çe çotl tilmatli

Gloss Normalization:

ce zotl tilmatli

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

right angle(s)

Keywords:

tributos, telas, tilmas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tilma(tli), cloak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tilmatli
zo(tl), piece of cloth or a measure of cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

una tilma de un cuarto de pierna, o una tela-tilma, o una tela para hacer tilma

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights:

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.