Mochitlan (RGTyM) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Mochitlan (RGTyM)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a drawing--partially painted--of the compound glyph for the place name Mochitlan.

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:

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Landscape Features

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

quincunx or quatrefoil

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

plants, flowers, plantas, flores, nombres de lugares, topónimos, estancias, pueblos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mochihua, to be done, to be made, to occur, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mochihua
itlan, next to, with, in the middle of something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itlan-0

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:

Mochiuh (MH521r)