Tlaol (MH486v)
This simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaol ("Dried Maize Kernels," from tlaolli), seems to show two upright feathers. The artist must have intended two corn kernels, and they do resemble kernels except for the small downy feathers at their base. Another possibility is that the person who wrote the gloss misread what he was seeing.
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This is a personal name, preceded in the gloss by a Christian first name (Toribio). He may have been named after Toribio de Benavente, also known as Motolinia ("One Who is Poor or Afflicted"). This was the first word he learned in Nahuatl, and he went on to learn the language well. He lived in the monastery in Huejotzingo. Doing a quick search for the name "Toribio" will produce an impressive result.
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thoribio tlaol
Toribio Tlaol
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1560
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maíz, granos
tlaolli, corn kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaolli.
Granos de Maíz Secos
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&st=image.
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