Tlapalaztatl (MH650v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlapalaztatl is attested here as a man's name. It shows a profile view of a heron (aztatl) facing toward the viewer's right. It has a long beak, and its body is painted red (tlapalli).
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
animales, pájaros, garzas, colores, nombres de hombres
azta(tl), white heron or snowy egret, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aztatl
tlapal(li), a color for painting, often meaning red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
Garza Roja o Pintada
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=383&st=image
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