malinalli (T1735:2:109)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This green painting of the element malinalli (twisted grass) has been carved from the compound personal name glyph Malinalocan (see below). This element shows two dark green clumps of grass entwined from a base. The ends are tripartite.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1566
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Keywords:
hierbas torcidas
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
malinalli, tall grass, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/malinalli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
las hierbas torcidas
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1735, exp. 2, fol. 109.
Image Source, Rights:
The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.
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