Tlalli (MH640v)

Tlalli (MH640v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white sketch of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalli ("Land" or "Agricultural Parcel") is a bird's eye view of a rectangular land parcel divided in half diagonally. The top half is white and the bottom half is gray with added dots (perhaps suggesting that is has been seeded). The variations between the halves may suggest parceling and/or different crops being grown on the land.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Tlalli is a popular name in this collection. The glyphs for tlalli can vary considerably, but especially between the style found in the Codex Mendoza and that of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. The latter can be round or square and have different segmentation and evidence of cultivation.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlalli

Gloss Normalization: 

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, Stockraising
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)
gray
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
rectangular
shading and parallel line hatching
Keywords: 

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

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Tierra, o La Sementera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 640v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=363st=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: 

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tlalli (Mdz51r)

Tlalli (MH832r)