Tlacotl (MH647r)

Tlacotl (MH647r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacotl (perhaps "Osier Twigs" or a reference to birth order) shows a group of three sprigs of a plant, perhaps osier twigs (tlacotl). A ring binds the stems. The ring is actually perhaps a piece of twine or cord, as there are lines on it to suggest it is twisted (perhaps a mecatl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

barthasal tlacotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Tlacotl

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)
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

plantas, palos, flores, auto-sacrificio, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlaco(tl), osier twigs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacotl ​

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ramita de Mimbre

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 647r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=376&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: 
"l" for r
"r" for l
"s" for z
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlacopan (CmpRG)

tlacotl (Mdz10r)

tlacotl (Mdz5v)