tlaxcalli (MH651r)

tlaxcalli (MH651r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element of the noun tlaxcalli (tortilla) has been carved from the compound glyph for the ethnic name Tlaxcalteca (MH651r). This tortilla is smooth and white. The hands offer the semantic 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:

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal 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 651r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=384&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: