tlaxcalli (MH615v)

tlaxcalli (MH615v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element of the noun tlaxcalli (tortilla in English and Spanish) has been carved from the compound glyph for the ethnic name Tlaxcalteca (MH615v). This tortilla has some spots on it which may have come from being cooked on a griddle (comalli). The two hands offer the semantic sense that tortillas were formed by being patted between the hands.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

brown

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

dotted, granular, textured

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

tortillas, maize, corn, maíz, food, comida

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaxcal(li), a tortilla, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaxcalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

tortilla

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 615v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=313st=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).