otli (LTlaxUT1a)

This iconographic example is included here for possible comparisons with Nahuatl hieroglyphs. It is a detail of a road that shows both footprints and hoof prints. The footprints look as though they were possibly made by the Spaniards who are wearing footwear. In Nahuatl footprints the viewer can easily see the toe prints. The hoof prints would appear to have come from the Spaniards’ horses, who are abundantly portrayed on the fuller pages of this manuscript fragment. The alternation of prints of different types provides a sense of movement, and the direction is clearly toward the viewer’s right. The prints appear between parallel lines that convey that this is a road (otli), even though there is no gloss for this example.