Tlacochcalcatl (MH730r)
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).
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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.
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1560
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jueces, generales militares, deidades, edificios, oficios, títulos, construcciones, flechas, nombres de hombres
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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
Capitán General (un juez con obligaciones religiosos)
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 730r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=538&st=image
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