Ayahualolco (TR25r)

Ayahualolco (TR25r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the place name Ayahualolco shows a lagoon (ayahualli). The lagoon comprises water (atl) swirling in a circle (yahualli) or something round (yahualolli). Behind the swirling water is a hill or mountain (tepetl) that is not a phonetic part of the name but serves as a semantic indicator for the locative suffix (-co). The upright, bell-shaped mountain is painted green, it has curly rocky outcroppings on its slopes, and it has a white horizontal band near the base.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ayavalulco

Gloss Normalization:

Ayahualolco

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

locative (visual but silent)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

green (light)

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

bell-shaped (upright)

bird's eye view

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Keywords:

lagoons, lagunas, hills, cerros, mountains, montañas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ayahual(li), lagoon or well, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayahualli
yahualol(li), something round, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yahualolli
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 25 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f75.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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