Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (TR14v)

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (TR14v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This example of iconography features a deity called the Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, lord of Tlahuizcalpan, the place of the dawn's radiance. The full, standing figure wears many feathers and other adornments, all of various colors. It is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

John Carlson has linked this deity or divine force to Venus in its Evening Star and Morning Star appearances, and the TR representation of this Lord of the Dawn has iconographic links to the Códice Maya de México, according to a public lecture given by Andrew Turner (4/14/2023).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlauizcalpantecutli

Gloss Normalization: 

Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
deity name/theonym
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Feathers
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
blue (turquoise)
green (light)
pink
purple
red
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

feathers, plumas

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

tlahuizcal(li), dawn's radiance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuizcalli
tecuht(li), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
cal(li), house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli
-pan (locative suffix), on or in, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

"El Señor del Resplandor del Amanecer"

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 14 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f54.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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