Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli (TR14v)
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.
Stephanie Wood
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).
Stephanie Wood
tlauizcalpantecutli
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli
Stephanie Wood
ca. 1550–1563
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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
"El Señor del Resplandor del Amanecer"
Stephanie Wood
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 14 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f54.item.zoom
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