Tlachinol (MH668r)

Tlachinol (MH668r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlachinol (“Burning Fields”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal line from which curls of smoke appear. To the right of the volutes referring to smoke is a plant that looks something like zacatl. The result is a scene of field burning (tlachinolli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This could be short for "Atl Tlachinolli," "Flood and Conflagration," a metaphor for war or other types of apocalypse. 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.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

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

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Tierras Quemadas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=416&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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