tlantli (TR25v)

tlantli (TR25v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for teeth (tlantli) has been carved from the compound place name Tlahtoltepec. These are five, white, upper teeth. There is a red gum line above the teeth, and above that, a white (possibly bone) horizontal line.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
horizontal
segmented
Keywords: 

teeth, dientes, bocas, mouths

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

tlan(tli), tooth/teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 25 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f76.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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See Also: 

tlantli (Mdz8r)

tlantli (Mdz6r)

tlantli (CM18)

tlantli (Mdz20v)