tlaxcalli (MH616v)

tlaxcalli (MH616v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element of the noun tlaxcalli (tortilla in Spanish and English) has been carved from the compound glyph for the ethnic name Tlaxcalteca (MH616v), meaning someone from Tlaxcallan (Tlaxcala, today). This tortilla is purely white, with no distinguishing markings. The hands offer the semantic clue 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:

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

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 616v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=315&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: