Chimaltenanco (LTlax300v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Chimaltenanco (LTlax300v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name, Chimaltenanco.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Tlaxcala, Lienzo de (LTlax)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1580s

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Semantic Categories:

Syntax:

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

dotted, granular, textured

U-shapes (any direction)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

cuexyo, escudos, rodelas, guerra, paredes

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chimal(li), war shield, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chimalli
tenam(itl), wall, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenamitl
-co (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En el Muro de la Rodela

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

"Reconstrucción histórica digital del Lienzo de Tlaxcala," UNAM, https://lienzodetlaxcala.unam.mx/

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript can be reproduced for non-profit purposes, as long as the images are not mutilated, and with full citation and link to the source. Please also cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs (see splash page for recommended citation format)..

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

cuexyo (Mdz49r)

cuexyo (Mdz64r)

cuexyo (Mdz20v)

cuexyo (Mdz19r)

cuexyo (Mdz20v)

cuexyo (Mdz20r)