Huecatlacatl (MH856v)

Huecatlacatl (MH856v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huecatlacatl (perhaps “Person from Afar”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle with a smaller concentric circle. Three alternating footprints go around inside the outer perimeter. The alternation suggests movement.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This sign is very close to glyphs for tianquiztli (markets), which may suggest that the person from afar is someone who comes a distance to sell goods at the local market. In fact, another example of a glyph for this name, Hueca- (far) -tlacatl (person) shows a man carrying a load that appears to be intended for a market.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o. vecatlacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Huecatlacatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Transportation, Travel, Roads

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

circle, circular or rounded

Keywords:

huellas, mercados, vendedores, distancia, tianguis, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

hueca, far away, at a distance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hueca
tlaca(tl), person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Persona de Lejos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 856v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=785&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).

Orthography:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: