Tlacochcallan (MH493r)

Tlacochcallan (MH493r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the Nahua name (and place name) of Francisco Tlacochcallan shows two upright, decorated arrows called tlacochtli. One is straight up, and the other, behind it, is at a slight angle. The shafts have markings that suggest they are made from segmented canes. Some kind of two-part decorations appear at the tops of each cane. The -callan part of the name is not shown visually, but it suggests the place (-lan) of a building [cal(li that has an association with these weapons.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The person with this name is possibly associated with the place called Tlacochcallan, and perhaps it suggests an occupation. The title Tlacochcalcatl was associated with a general or a high judge, so the place would likely be important, too. Wikipedia shows an illustration from folio 67 recto of the Codex Mendoza of a Tlacochcalcatl holding a weapon that must be a tlacochtli.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

fran^co tlacochcalla

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Tlacocallan

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Names (places)

Occupations

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

José Aguayo-Barragán and Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

Keywords:

flechas, dardas, lanzas, jabalinas, spears, javelins, darts

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlacochcalcatl, a general or high judge, or a lower pueblo official, or someone from Tlacochcalco (in the Tlaxcala region), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochcalcatl
cal(li), house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli
-tlan (locative, in, at, or on), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 493r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=65&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: