Tetl (MH622r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black and white simplex glyph for the personal name Tetl ("Stone") shows a horizontal, diagonally striped (dark and light) stone or rock with curling ends. Unusually, on the right end of the stone are thin vertical stripes.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
stones, rocks, piedras, nombres de hombres
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
te(tl), stone or rock, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
La Piedra
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 622r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=326st=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).
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