Tamazollan (Mdz43r)

Tamazollan (Mdz43r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the place name Tamazollan is a toad (tamazolin). It is painted turquoise blue and has small circular lumps all over its body. It is shown in profile, facing to the viewer's right. The locative suffix (-tlan, which goes to -lan when combined with a stem ending in "l") is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tamaçolan.puo

Gloss Normalization: 

Tamazollan, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Keywords: 

toads, sapos

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

Codex Mendoza, folio 43 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 96 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)