Tezcatepec (TR27r)

Tezcatepec (TR27r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the place name Tezcatepec ("Mirror-Mountain") shows a frontal view of a mirror (tezcatl) before a mountain (tepetl), or "-tepec," at or on the mountain]. The mirror is round with a tan (wooden?) perimeter and a gray center. The mountain is a standard bell=shape with curling rocky outcroppings on the slopes and a horizontal white band near the base.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The mirror in this glyph might intend a black reflective portion, possibly made of a polished obsidian, if we compare it to other mirrors in this collection. The frame could be wooden.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tezcatepetl

Gloss Normalization:

Tezcatepetl (or better, Tezcatepec)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Landscape Features

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood and Stephanie Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

bell-shaped (upright)

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

front to back

Keywords:

mirrors, espejos, mountains, montañas, hills, cerros

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tezca(tl), mirror, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tezcatl
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Espejo-Montaña

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 27 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f79.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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