tetl (TR17r)

tetl (TR17r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element that has been carved from a scene where an adulterer was stoned to death shows a stone (tetl) with the standard orange and purple alternating colors, wavy diagonal lines, and curling ends.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

piedra

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: 
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
purple
tan
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
striped
wavy
Keywords: 

stones, piedras

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

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la piedra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

(la glosa del manuscrito)

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 17 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f59.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tetl (Mdz48r)