Tocuillan (Chav12)

Tocuillan (Chav12)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing--with some added yellow watercolor paint--shows the simplex glyph for the place name, Tocuillan. It is a flag facing toward the viewer's right. It has black and yellow horizontal stripes of varying thicknesses. Three streamers with similar stripes and colors curve off the top of the flag, leaning toward the left.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tocuylan

Gloss Normalization: 

Tocuillan

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Chavero, Codex (Chav)
Date of Manuscript: 

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
cuil (tracking)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

-lan, with; next to, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/lan
pani(tl), banner, flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl

Image Source: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=12

Image Source, Rights: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”

See Also: 

Tocuillan (MH612r)