olli (Mdz55r)

olli (Mdz55r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for rubber (olli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Molanco. 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: 

Not all rubber balls have the white rim.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Rubber
Sports, Games, Leisure
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, hule, balls, pelotas

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

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

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

rubber

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la pelota de hule

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 255 recto, https://codicemendoza.inah.gob.mx/inicio.php?lang=english

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 (Mdz55r)