tochtli (CQ)

tochtli (CQ)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for rabbit (tochtli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Tochtepetonco. The head of the rabbit is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's left. It was made as a black line drawing and then painted gray. Its eye appears to be open and it remains white.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
year name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
brown
gray
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

rabbits, conejos, Puebla

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

toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el conejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version on line. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tochtepetonco (CQ)

tepetl (CQ)