Tlacateotl (MH721v)

Tlacateotl (MH721v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Tlacateotl (perhaps “Day-Divine”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a horizontal stone (tetl), which provides the phonetic start to the element teotl (divinity). The stone has a diagonal, dark stripe and curling ends. Surrounding the stone are rays of sunshine that radiate out in all directions. These may refer to tlaca or tlacah referring to daytime or midday.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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 of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

shading and parallel line hatching

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

striped

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

personas, humanos, divinidades, deidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaca(tl), a person or a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl
teo(tl), divinity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Humano-Divinidad or Señor DIvino

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 721v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=521&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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