tlachtli (Mdz37r)

tlachtli (Mdz37r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a ball court (tlachtli) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlachmalacac. This one has a gray color with a white border. It is the shape of a capital letter "i," lying on its side.

Description, 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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Sports, Games, Leisure
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
gray
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
bird's eye view
rectangular
Keywords: 

ballcourt, ball game, ballgame, capital letter I shape, balls, courts, pelotas, canchas, games juegos

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

tlach(tli), ball court, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachtli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

ball court

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la cancha de pelota

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 37 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 84 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: 

Tlachmalacac (Mdz37r)