tonatiuh cualo (TR40v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This is a multicolored painting of the compound glyph for the noun, tonatiuh cualo (solar eclipse).
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
ca. 1550–1563
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Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
eclipses, suns, soles, cielo, sky, stars, estrellas
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
tonatiuh cualo, for an eclipse to occur, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonatiuh-cualo
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
un eclipse de sol
Spanish Translation, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Image Source:
Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 40 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f106.item.zoom
Image Source, Rights:
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