Tlaca (MH736r)

Tlaca (MH736r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or title Tlaca ("Midday") is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph is a sun, with eight rays emanating from a central circle. In the middle of the circle is an anthropomorphic face with a mouth, nose, eyes, and eyebrows.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This is a sun and a reference to midday. But it could also be a phonetic indicator for a person (tlacatl) or a lord (also tlacatl).

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
spiky
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

personas, señor, sol, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlaca or tlacah, midday, daytime, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaca
tlaca(tl), a person, a noble, or a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona Noble, o Señor

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=550&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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlacapan (MH489v)

Tlacatl (MH580r)

Icnotlacatl (MH490v)