Tlachinol (MH543r)

Tlachinol (MH543r)
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Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This drawing of a line of water twisting with a line of fire provides a visual diphrase for the name Tlachinol, attested here as a man's name. The Nahuas had a metaphor for war that included water (atl) or flooding (teoatl) together with fire, often burned fields (tlachinolli). The personal name derives from this latter word. The burning fields are here presented as red, and the water shows stretches of flowing water with lines of current alternating with whirlpools.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio 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)

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

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

three-dimensionality

vertical, upright

twisted or entwined

Keywords:

fires, fuegos, tierra quemada, tlachinolli, scorched earth, flamas, flames, 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."

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 543r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=165&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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