tletl (MH487r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the element for a fire (tletl), carved from the personal name Tlecuauh, shows to flames coming up from what appears to be a black bottle.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
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Keywords:
fires, fuegos, flames, flamas
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
el fuego
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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).
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