tolin (Mdz8r)
This simplex glyph for tolin (reeds, rushes) also doubles for the place name, Tollan. This glyph consists of four upright or vertical reeds connected by a white base. The reeds are also white toward the bottom of the stalks. At the top of the reeds, small, yellow, rounded shapes appear.
Stephanie Wood
Tules were used for baskets, mats, seats, footwear, and fans for the fire, so they were crucial for everyday life. In some representations of tolin where Tollan is conveyed, we have wondered whether the white base of the tules are meant to indicate teeth, and therefore the -tlan that goes to -lan when preceded by Tol-. Here again, Zacatollan has that -lan ending, which may reinforce the presence of the -tlan locative.
Stephanie Wood
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
tolli, tollin, tolin, reeds, sedges, bulrushes, tules
tol(in), reeds or rushes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolin
el carrizo, la caña
Stephanie Wood
Codex Mendoza, folio 8 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 25, of 188.
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).
