Chalchiuhtotolin (TR20v)

Chalchiuhtotolin (TR20v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of the iconography of Chalchiuhtotolin ("Jade-Turkey") comes from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis. This figure, which was also guise of Tetzcatlipoca, was the divine force relating to plague and disease. It is shown here in profile, standing still, looking toward the viewer's right and with raised wings. It is covered in feathers of many colors from various birds.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

chalchiuhtotoli

Gloss Normalization:

chalchiuhtotolin

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:

deity name/theonym

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, jades, hens, fowl, turkeys

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchihui(tl), green stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
totol(in), turkey hen or cock, a wild fowl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Jade-Ave Silvestre

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 20 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f66.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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