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iztlaca tlacuilo.

Headword: 
iztlaca tlacuilo.
Principal English Translation: 

a falsifier, one who writes things that are false (see Molina)

Alonso de Molina: 

iztlaca tlacuilo. escriptor falso.
Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 49v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.

themes: 
Writing, Literacy