Tlachman (MH525v)

Tlachman (MH525v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlachman (“Like a Ball Court,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a bird's eye view of a ball court, which has the shape of a capital letter I turned on its side.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In personal names, the suffix -man can come from -mani, in the manner of, which is what we are surmising here. But it could also be the verb mani, to extend out (i.e., to be located?).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andonio tlachma

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Tlachman

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sports, Games, Leisure
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
rectangular
right angle(s)
Keywords: 

pelotas, juegos, games, balls, courts, canchas

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

tlach(tli), ball court, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachtli
mani, to be located, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani
-man(i), in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Como Una Cancha de Pelota (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 525v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=130&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: 
See Also: 

tlachtli (Mdz16r)

tlachtli (Mdz45r)

tlachtli (Mdz37r)