Tlacochtemoc (MH713r)

Tlacochtemoc (MH713r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Tlacochtemoc (perhaps, “The Spear Descended”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows what may be a vertical lance or javelin (tlacochtli). To the right of this weapon are three alternating, descending footprints (temo).

Description, 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

Syntax:

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

verb

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

bird's eye view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

huellas, jabalinas, lanzas, descender, bajar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacoch(tli), a spear or a lance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli
temo, to descend, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Lanza Descendió, o La Lanza Bajó

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 713r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=504&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: