Coatepec (TR26v)

Coatepec (TR26v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Coatepec shows a serpent (coatl) in a horizontal position above and barely touching an upright, bell-shaped, green mountain or hill (tepetl). The snake is a dark grey with undulating curves. Its skin is drawn in a way to suggest scales or a rough texture. There is a rattle at the tail. The snake is shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Its tongue is bifurcated and protruding.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

coatepetl

Gloss Normalization: 

Coatepetl (but it should be Coatepec)

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
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Landscape Features
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
gray
green (light)
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
segmented
curving, curvy, curved
bifurcated
bell-shaped (upright)
profile view
horizontal
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

cohuatl

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

coa(tl), snake, serpent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coatl
tepe(tl), hill, mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 26 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f78.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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