Petlacalcatl (MH688r)

Petlacalcatl (MH688r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or title, Petlacalcatl (“Treasurer” or “Person from Petlacalco”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a frontal view of a house (calli) that is covered in woven mats (petlatl). These are phonetic indicators that this person is a high judge or a person from Petlacalco, not literally someone who lives in a house of woven mats.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

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:

fran^co petlacalcatl

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Petlacalcatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-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:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

woven

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

esteras, casas, edificios, tesoreros, nombres de hombres

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:

Persona de Petlacalco, o Tesorero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 688r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=456&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).

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