Tolpetlac (TR28r)

Tolpetlac (TR28r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Tolpetlac shows three main elements. One is a frontal view of a group of five rushes (tolin), curving slightly to the left. These have little coiling blossoms on them. Below the rushes is a bird's eye view of a horizontal, rectangular, woven mat (petlatl). Finally, a green, bell-shaped, hill or mountain [tepetl in frontal or elevation view stands in as a semantic indicator for the locative suffix (-c). The result is a place with a name something like "Place of the Tule Mats." The hill or mountain has its usual, curling, rocky outcroppings on the slopes and a white horizontal band near the base.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tolpatlac

Gloss Normalization: 

Tolpetlac

Gloss 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: 
Furniture
Plants, Flora
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
bird's eye view
elevation view
frontal view
spiky
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
wavy
woven
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
3
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

tules, petates, woven mats, mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, Tulpetlac

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

tol(in), rushes, tule reeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolin-1
petla(tl), woven mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Lugar de Petates de Tules

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 27 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f79.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tolin (Mdz8r)

tolin (Mdz30r)

petlatl (Mdz38r)

petlatl (Mdz20r)