pochotl (TR25r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element for the silk cotton tree (pochotl) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Pochotlan. This is a frontal view of a tree with a star-burst of blue branches, a brown trunk, and long, visible, brown roots in a shape like a claw.

Added Analysis:

This collection includes a considerable variety of trees, but this pochotl does not repeat (as of March 2023). A quick-search of the word for tree will bring up a great many examples.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

roots are visible

Keywords:

trees, árboles

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

pocho(tl), a silk cotton tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pochotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Pochote

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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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