Petlacalcatl (MH483r)

Petlacalcatl (MH483r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the title held by a Nahua man, Petlacalcatl, shows a woven-mat (petlatl) building (calli). The building is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right, and it has a substantial black and shite beam holding up the overhanging roof. These are phonetic indicators that this person is a high judge or a person from Petlacalco, not literally someone who lives in a house (calli) of woven mats (petlatl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Petlacalcatl can also refer to someone from Petlacalco. See below for a glyph of that place name.

Durán (Ritos y fiestas de los antiguos mexicanos, 1964, 180) says the Petlacalcatl held the job of the main steward in the palace in Tenochtitlan. He was entrusted with the royal storehouses and keeping watch over the emperor's treasures. For other high-powered offices held in the autonomous era (and perhaps beyond), see also Tlillancalqui. In both cases, powerful positions have associations with important buildings.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

petlacalcatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo

Semantic Categories:

personal name

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Occupations

Politics, Power, Governance

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

occupations, oficios, titles, títulos, petlatl, petla, calli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

petlacalca(tl), a high title, treasurer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlacalcatl.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Tesorero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: