matlalin (MH605r)

matlalin (MH605r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph of the noun, matlalin (a blue-green flower), doubles as the simplex glyph of the personal name glyph Matlaltzincatl (see below).

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flowers
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
triangular
Keywords: 

flores

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 605r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=292st=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: 

Matlaltzincatl (MH605r)

matlalin (MH486r)

matlalin (MH518v)