Tecuicitlan (LTlax301r)

Tecuicitlan (LTlax301r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name, Tecuicitlan ("Near the Crabs").

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: 
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
segmented
vertical, upright
wavy
Keywords: 

cangrejos, crabs, seafood, mariscos

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

tecuici(tli), crab, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuicitli
-tlan (locative suffix), by, near, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cerca de los Cangrejos

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: