Colhuacan (TR25r)

Colhuacan (TR25r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Colhuacan shows a frontal view of a mountain with a bend or curve (colli) at the top (but is otherwise bell-shaped). The possessive "hua" is not shown visually. The locative suffix is implied by the mountain (tepetl) which does not play a phonetic role in the place name but is a semantic indicator. The mountain or hill is painted in two tones of green. It has curly outcroppings on its slopes, and it has a white horizontal band at the base. The curve here goes to the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

culhuacā

Gloss Normalization: 

Culhuacan (also spelled Colhuacan)

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)
possessive pronoun
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Colors: 
green (dark)
green (light)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
bent
facing right
elevation view
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

bent, curved, corvado, mountains, montañas, cerros, hills

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

Colhuacan, a place name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colhuacan
coltic, curved, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coltic

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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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Colhuacan (Mdz2r)

Colhuacan (TR29r)

Colhuatzinco (Mdz20r)

Colhuacan (ColRG)