tonacati (TR32V)

tonacati (TR32V)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the verb tonacati, to be a fertile year. It shows two rows of three plants each. These plants are mostly green leaves for what appear to be maize, but one plant has a stalk and an ear of corn, and another plant has one red flower.

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: 
reduplication (visual)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Corn, Maize
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
red
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
symmetry
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

año fértil, verbo, maíz

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

tonacati, for the year to be fertile, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonacati

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

ser año fértil y abundoso

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

(Molina)

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 32 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f90.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

chinamitl (Mdz46r)