Teotzapotlan (TR40v) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Teotzapotlan (TR40v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a multicolored painting of the simplex glyph for the place name, Teotzapotlan ("Near the Divine Zapote Tree").

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

Syntax:

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

curving, curvy, curved

vertical, upright

Keywords:

fruits, fruitas, árboles, trees, zapotes, topónimos, place names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

teo(tl), divinity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
tzapo(tl), zapote tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzapotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Junto al Zapote Divino

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 40 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f106.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

tzapotl (Mdz20v)

tzapotl (Mdz45r)