tlaocolli (MH483v)

tlaocolli (MH483v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for sadness (tlaocolli) is a simplex glyph that is shared with the personal name, Tlaocol. It shows a man's head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Two streams of tears run down his cheeks.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

triste, lágrimas, tristeza

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

tlaocol(li), sadness, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaocolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la tristeza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=46&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: 

Tlaocol (MH483v)