matlalin (MH518v)

matlalin (MH518v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of the flower called matlalin has been carved from the compound glyph of the personal name Matlalihuitl. The flower has four petals painted a turquoise blue, a white center, and some dark pink coloring around that small central circle. The tip of a leaf appears between each of the four petals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Flowers
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
quincunx or quatrefoil
Keywords: 

flowers, flores

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

matlal(in), a blue-green color, a flower of this color, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlalin-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

un tipo de flor y el color azul-verde

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 518v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=116&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

See Also: 

matlalin (MH486r)

Matlal (MH608r)

Xochitonal (MH609r)