tecpatl (TR3v)

tecpatl (TR3v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This red and white painting is a simplex glyph of the noun, tecpatl (flint knife). Although we do not have a Nahuatl gloss confirming our label, the Spanish does confirm that this is a "knife," and we have many examples in this digital collection that support the tecpatl reading.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

navaja

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

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
year name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
brown
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tecpa(tl), flint, obsidian; flint-knife, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpatl

Image Source: 

The Codex Telleriano-Remensis is hosted on line by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f14.item. We have taken this detail shot from the indicated folio.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is not copyright protected, but please cite Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France or cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, 2020–present).

See Also: 

tecpatl (Mdz8r)

tecpatl (MH486v)

tecpatl (CQ)