Cuauhtamaltitlan (RGTyM) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Cuauhtamaltitlan (RGTyM)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a painting of the compound glyph for the place name Cuauhtamaltitlan.

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Tistla y Muchitlan, RG Map of (RGTyM)

Date of Manuscript:

1582

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tzompanco (contemporary Zumpango del Río, Guerrero), with a connection to the Diocese of Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Semantic Categories:

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Landscape Features

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

blue (turquoise)

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

leaf, marquise, pointed oval

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

multidirectional

Keywords:

trees, árboles, food, comida, tamales, topónimos, nombres de lugares, cerros, montañas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cuahui(tl), tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
tamal(li), tamale, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tamalli
-titlan (locative suffix), next to, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/titlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Junto al Árbol de Tamales

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

The source of these hieroglyphs is a manuscript and map known collectively as the “Relación de Tistla y Muchitlan,” also known as the “Descripción de la Alcaldia Mayor de las Minas de Zumpango.” Apparently, these towns (today spelled Tixtla and Mochitlan) are in the modern-day state of Guerrero, but they fell under the religious jurisdiction of the Diocese of Tlaxcala. Thanks go to Octavio Márquez for his contribution of the glyph, gloss, and contextualizing images.

Image Source, Rights:

The original manuscript is hosted on line as part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin, https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:fbc92b3e-bb28-4258-975.... It is open-access.

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

tamalli (Mdz68r)