Tlazolteotl (TR8r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the noun and deity name, Tlazolteotl.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Date of Manuscript:
ca. 1550–1563
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Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Tlazolteotl_TR84_ICON_DeityName.png?itok=78eez-Pq)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
Tlazolteo(tl), a deity, a goddess, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazolteotl
teo(tl), divine force(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl
Image Source:
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 8 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f41.item.zoom
Image Source, Rights:
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Historical Contextualizing Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/Tlazolteotl_TR84_Context.png)