Tlachinol (MH533r)

Tlachinol (MH533r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the personal name Tlachinol ("Field Burning"). This could be short for "Atl Tlachinolli," "Flood and Conflagration," a metaphor for war or other types of apocalypse. Tlachinolli is attested here as a man's name. It shows primarily vertical flames. But there may be two drops of water, one on the lower left and one in the lower central area. Dots around the wavy flames may suggest movement.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tlachinol was a popular personal name in 1560. See other examples below. At least three of these clearly show water as part of the equation.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

andonio tlachinol

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tlachinol

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

diphrasis (visual)

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

wavy

vertical, upright

dotted, granular, textured

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

outward (from inside out)

Keywords:

fires, fuegos, flames, flamas, conflagración, tierra quemada, scorched earth, tlachinolli, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlachinol(li), fire, conflagration, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachinolli

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

James Lockhart (The Nahuas, 1992, 120) refers to the name Yaotlachinol, witnessed in a census from the Cuernavaca region (1535–45), calling it as "The Scorching of War."

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Tierras Quemadas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 533r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=145&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:

"d" for t

Historical Contextualizing Image: