ayahualli (TR25r)

ayahualli (TR25r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for a lagoon (ayahualli) shows water (atl) in a circle (yahualli). This has been carved from a compound glyph for a place name. We have left the green of the hill behind the water, but it is not a part of the glyph. In this bird's eye view of the lagoon, the turquoise-blue, swirling water throws off six little splashes, each with a white droplet or bead at the tip.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Hieroglyphs for various bodies of water appear below. Many have the circle filled in with water, but this was not a requirement, as shown in this glyph and the ameyalli from the Codex Mendoza.

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: 
Landscape Features
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

lagoons, lagunas, bodies of water, cuerpos de agua, lakes, lagos

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

ayahual(li), a lagoon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la laguna

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 

Ayahualolco (TR25r)

huei atl (Mdz16r)

amanalli (CmpRG)

ameyalli (Mdz32r)

ameyalli (CQ)

atecochtli (CQ)