Icnotlacatl (MH490v)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Icnotlacatl shows a man (tlacatl) with tears running down his face, showing emotion (icno-). The man is just a head shown in profile, looking to the viewer's right. We know this is a man because of the way he wears his hair just below his ear and with bangs on his forehead. Also, the contextualizing image shows that he has a baptismal name, Blas.
Stephanie Wood
An icnocihuatl is a widow, so perhaps this is meant to be a widower. Note the glyph for cahualli, which also means widow, below. She has tears coming down her cheek, drawn as the glyph for water. Emotion is also shown in the glyph for Aoctocniuh (below).
Stephanie Wood
plaas ycnotlacatl
Blas Icnotlacatl
Stephanie Wood
1560
José Aguayo-Barragán
tristeza, lágrimas, sadness, tears
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 490v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=60&st=image
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