Atlauhtecatl (MH760r)

Atlauhtecatl (MH760r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Atlauhtecatl (perhaps, "Person from Atlauhco") is attested here as a man's name. It shows swirling water that then cascades downward. It must associated with a ravine (atlauhtli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

visible movement

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

barrancos, agua, etnicidad, pueblos, afiliación, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

atlauh(tli), ravine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlauhtli
-tecatl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Atlauhco)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 760r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=598&st=image

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: