Tamalpatlach (MH711r)

Tamalpatlach (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tamalpatlach (“Loose Tamale,” or perhaps wide and flat), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a bird’s eye view of a tamale, which may be loose (from patlach). If not loose, it might be flat and/or flat and wide, considering the related words.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

bird's eye view

Keywords:

plano, ancho, tamal, tamales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tamal(li), a tamale, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tamalli
potlach, loose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlach
patlachoa, to become flat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlachoa
patlatic, flat and wide, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlactic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tamal Plano y Ancho (o, Tamal Suelto)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 834r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&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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