Tlalolintepec (LTlax ) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Tlalolintepec (LTlax )
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name, Tlalolintepec ("On the Hill of the Earthquake").

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Tlaxcala, Lienzo de (LTlax)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1580s

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Syntax:

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Landscape Features

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

quincunx or quatrefoil

Keywords:

tierras, movimiento, cerros, montañas, hills, mountains, movement, earthquakes, terremotos, temblores

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlal(li), land, earth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
olin, movement, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin
-tepec, on the hill of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepec

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En el Cerro del Temblor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

"Reconstrucción histórica digital del Lienzo de Tlaxcala," UNAM, https://lienzodetlaxcala.unam.mx/

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript can be reproduced for non-profit purposes, as long as the images are not mutilated, and with full citation and link to the source. Please also cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs (see splash page for recommended citation format)..

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

tlalolin (TR42r)

tlalolin (TR33r)