tonalli (T1871:1)

tonalli (T1871:1)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a sun (tonalli), representing a day, has been taken from a group of seven suns ("chicometica"). This sun has a human-like face on it, in a frontal view, and the short rays of the aura radiate out from the oval face.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This temporal reference is part of a discussion about tributes. This type of representation of the sun conveys European artistic influences. For oomparisons, see the tonalli glyph from the Codex Mendoza and the tonalli from the Matrícula de Huexotzinco.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
Date of Manuscript: 

1558

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Cuauhtla, Morelos

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Celestial Phenomena
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Tributes, Taxation, Service
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
oval (see also leaf shaped)
spiky
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

suns, soles, days, días, calendarios, tributos

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

tonal(li), day, sun, solar heat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el día, el sol

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.

See Also: 

tonalli (Mdz12r)

tonalli (Mdz7v)

tonalli (MH565v)