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" or shook). It shows the red, green, blue, and yellow quincunx sign for movement (olin). Below that is a horizontal rectangle with two layers, one black and one terracotta-colored. Both layers have lots of dots, which may represent 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
Landscape Features
Movement
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
brown
gray
green (light)
orange/terracotta
red
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
quincunx or quatrefoil
X-shapes
cross (x)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
dotted, granular, textured
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlalolini, the earth moves, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalolini
ol(in), movement, earthquake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

hubo temblor

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)