Tequitlacomolco (CQ)

Tequitlacomolco (CQ)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This iconographic example seems to refer to a toponym, Tequitlacomolco ("In the Gully [Cut by a Road?]"). It shows a thick and curving line painted reddish brown but also with patches of white that are segmented. This may be a gully (judging by the part of the place that is "tlacomolco"). Perhaps a road or path (somewhat more brown) cuts through the gully. Both the gully and the road are represented from a bird's eye view. A nopal cactus also appears at the edge of what may be the gully.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The glyph is a challenge to decipher. The name might suggest "to cut" (tequi] "through the gully" (tlacomolco). For support that the thick red band implies a ravine or gully, see Xochitzin Atlauhco from the same manuscript (below), where that ravine is a thick red band.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tequitlacomolco

Gloss Normalization: 

Tequitlacomolco

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Names (places)
Plants, Flora
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Transportation, Travel, Roads
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood and Randall Rodríguez

Colors: 
brown
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross (+)
curving, curvy, curved
bird's eye view
segmented
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

places, lugares, roads, caminos, crossroads, cruces de caminos, cactuses, cactus, barrancas, ravines, gullies

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

tequi, to cut, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequi
tlacomol(li), ravine, gully, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacomolli
tlacomolco, in the gully, or perhaps in the middle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacomolco
-co (locative suffix), at or in, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

[P]ueblo Tequitlacomolco “In the Ravine of Labor.” Matthew T. McDavitt, “Placenames in the Codex Quetzalecatzin,” unpublished essay shared 2-21-2018.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

en la división de la quebrada.

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Ofelia Cruz Morales

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xochitzin Atlauhco (CQ)