Tlacochin (MH519v)

Tlacochin (MH519v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name personal name Tlacochin (perhaps "Arrow" or "Spear") shows a vertical bundle of projectiles, the tlacochtli, tied with a white, twisted, rope or cord in the middle. Rare for this manuscript, which has primarily black-line drawings of glyphs, the bundle is painted yellow. Perhaps this is an indication of their preciosity, but it also suggests that the spears are made from acatl reeds (carrizo, in Spanish).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

[J]ua^o tlacochin

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Tlacochin

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

white/neutral

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

spears, javelins, lanzas, jabalinas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacoch(tli), a projectile, such as an arrow, spear, or javelin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Flecha o Lanza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 519v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=118&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: