poctli (TR42v)

poctli (TR42v)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is an element taken from an example of iconography. It represents smoke, which we are naming poctli in Nahuatl, based on the Spanish-language gloss. In the context, it is a smoky trail following a comet that was streaking down from the heavens.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
black & white drawing (no color)
gray
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

smoke, humo, humear, humeante, humeando, smoking

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

poc(tli), smoke, vapor, fumes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poctli

Image Source: 

The Codex Telleriano-Remensis is hosted on line by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f110.item. We have taken this detail shot from the indicated folio.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is not copyright protected, but please cite Gallica, the digital library of the Bibliothèque nationale de France or cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities Projects, 2020–present).

See Also: 

popocatetl (TR42v)

poctli (Mdz46r)

poctli (Mdz17v)

Poctli (MH499v)

Poctli (MH833v)