Tlalli (MH755v)

Tlalli (MH755v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalli (“Land”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a wide U-shape filled with dots. This seems to refer to a seeded parcel of land (tlalli). It could also be a measure of seed, such as what the Spaniards called an almud, given that it has the shape of a wide cup.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Typically, glyphs for tlalli are rectangular or circular. They can be dotted, which may refer to seeds. Sometimes they have stripes, and sometimes part of a field will be black (fallow, or perhaps the result of slash and burn). See below for some examples.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
U-shapes (any direction)
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

tierras, sementeras, parcelas, agricultura, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Sementera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 755v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=589&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 (Mdz51r)

Tlalli (MH499v)

Tlalli (MH564r)

Tlalli (MH832r)