olli (Mdz16r)

olli (Mdz16r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for rubber or ball (olli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Mollanco. It involves two concentric circles, the inner one being colored black. It appears to be a cross-section of a ball that has a different type of latex, perhaps, as an exterior layer.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added 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: 
Rubber
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
cross-sectioned object
Keywords: 

rubber, balls

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

ol(li), rubber, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

rubber

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la pella de hule

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 16 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 42 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: 

Mollanco (Mdz16r)

olli (MH579r)

Olli (MH591r)

Olli (MH593r)