Tlalli (MH619v)

Tlalli (MH619v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalli ("Land" or "Agricultural Parcel," attested here as a man's name) shows a rough square with a horizontal line near the top and lots of dots in both sections of the parcel (tlalli). Many see these markings on the land as evidence of seeds planted, or in other words, cultivation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Tlalli was a common name in Huexotzinco in 1560. We have many glyphs with some variations that show this name, and they all differ considerably from the tlalli glyphs in the Codex Mendoza from c. 1541. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tlalli

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlalli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
rectangular
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

lands, parcels, tierras, agricultura, tenencia de la tierra, terrenos, sementeras, nombres de hombres

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

tlal(li), land parcels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Sementera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 619v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=321&st=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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlalli (MH536v)

Tlalli (MH499v)

tlalli (Mdz30r)

Tlalli (MH640v)