Chicuace Tochtli (TR29r)

Chicuace Tochtli (TR29r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a multicolored painting of the simplex glyph and notation for the date, Chicuace Tochtli.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
year name
numbers
Syntax: 
ligature -om-/-on- (visual)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Numbers, Math
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
boxed in
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
facing right
profile view
rectangular
Keywords: 

animales, conejos, fechas, calendarios, años

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

chicuace, six, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chicuace
toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Seis Conejo, o 6-Conejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 29 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f83.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

Chicuace Tochtli (Mdz2r)