tlalolin (TR34v)

tlalolin (TR34v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a multicolored painting of the compound glyph for the verb, tlalolini in the preterit tense ("the earth quaked"). It shows the red, yellow, white, and blue-green quincunx sign for movement (olin). This has a basic X-shape with a stellar or starry eye in the middle, and little rings that recall a ball court at top and bottom. Behind that is a horizontal rectangle, a light gray, with lots of dots, seemingly representing seeds that have been planted.

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

Syntax: 
phrase or sentence
verb
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Movement
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
blue (turquoise)
gray
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
rectangular
quincunx or quatrefoil
X-shapes
cross (x)
circle, circular or rounded
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
dotted, granular, textured
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inward (from outside in)
Keywords: 

terremotos, temblores, movimiento, tierra

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

tlalolini, for the earth to quake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalolini
ol(in), movement or earthquake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin
tlalli, land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la tierra tembló

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 34 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f94.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlalolin (MH580r)

tlalolin (TR42r)

tlalolin (TR34v)

tlalolin (TR34v)