tozquitl (MH492r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the element tozquitl (speech, language) has been extracted from the compound, Tozquihua. In that compound, the speech scrolls seem to refer to a voice, a singing voice.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
volutas, idiomas, discursos
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
nahua(tl), speech, language, something that makes an agreeable sound, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 492r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=63&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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