tlaxcalli (TR28r)

tlaxcalli (TR28r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a tortilla (tlaxcalli) is a black-line drawing of a circle with a lot of short lines for texturing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Compare this tortilla with others from the Codex Mendoza, which have parallel, paired hash marks, much like those that appear on corn cob faces. (See below.)

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
frontal view
Keywords: 

tortillas, maize, corn, maíz, food, comida

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

tlaxcal(li), tortilla, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaxcalli-0

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 28 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f81.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

Tlaxcallan (TR28r)

tlaxcalli (Mdz42r)

tlaxcalli (Mdz66r)

tlaxcalli (Mdz58r)

xilotl (TR26r)

xilotl (Mdz26r)