Tlacochcalcatl (MH730r)

Tlacochcalcatl (MH730r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or title, Tlacochcalcatl, consists of a square grid with two sets of horizontal parallel lines and two sets of vertical parallel lines. These are spears or projectiles of some kind that were called tlacochtli. In this example, the barbs on the tips are especially notable, when that is not always the case. The result is something like a frame, perhaps a tlacochinamitl. If not a title, this glyph could refer to someone from Tlacochcalco, in the Tlaxcala area. There was also a Tlachocallan in the Huejotzingo area (see below).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The construction of four projectiles at right angles, forming a frame, can also be found in the a glyph for the name Tlacochin, but that is not always the case.

Added Analysis, 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

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

right angle(s)

Keywords:

jueces, generales militares, deidades, edificios, oficios, títulos, construcciones, flechas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlacochcalca(tl), a military general or a judge; also a pueblo official and a name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochcalcatl
tlacoch(tli), projectile, such as an arrow or spear, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli
tlacochinami(tl), an enclosure, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochinamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Capitán General (un juez con obligaciones religiosos)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 730r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=538&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:

intrusive "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: