tlachtli (Mdz45r)

tlachtli (Mdz45r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for the noun tlachtli (ball court) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlachquiyauhco.

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

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
horizontal
bird's eye view
quincunx or quatrefoil
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
-quiyahuac, outside or at the entrance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la cancha de pelota

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 45 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 100 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: 

Tlachquiyauhco (Mdz45r)