tlachtli (TR41r)

tlachtli (TR41r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a painting of the glyphic element for the noun, tlachtli (ball court). It has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name, Tlachquiyauhco (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

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: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
brown
gray
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
bird's eye view
rectangular
Keywords: 

balls, pelotas, courts, pistas, conchas, games, juegos

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la concha de pelota

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 41 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f107.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlachquiyauhco (TR41r)

tlachtli (Mdz21v)

tlachtli (Mdz16r)

tlachtli (Mdz32r)

tlachtli (MH501v)

tlachtli (Mdz37r)