Tlachquiyauhco (TR41r) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Tlachquiyauhco (TR41r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a multicolored drawing of the compound glyph for the place name, Tlachquiyauhco ("Outside the Ball Court").

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:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

visible movement

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Weather, Climate

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

shading and parallel line hatching

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

ball courts, ballcourts, conchas, pistas, pelotas, juegos, lluvia, Tlaxiaco, Mixteca

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlach(tli), ball court, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachtli
quiyahui(tl), rain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuitl
quiyahuac, outside or at the entrance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuac
-co (locative suffix), in or at, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/co

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En la Lluviosa Cancha de Pelota

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 41 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f107.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

Tlachquiyauhco (Mdz16r)

Tlachquiyauhco (Mdz45r)

quiyahuitl (Mdz8r)