tototl (TR25r)

tototl (TR25r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element of a bird [tototl has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Tototepec. The bird is standing in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its visible eye is open, its head and chest are light blue, its beak and feed are pink, its wing is brown, and its tail feathers are reddish.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This bird has much more color than the more generic birds in the Codex Mendoza (below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Colors: 
blue (sky blue)
brown
pink
red
white/neutral
Keywords: 

feathers, plumas

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

toto(tl), a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 25 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f75.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tototl (Mdz46r)

tototl (Mdz48r)

tototl (MH483r)