Tlacza (MH594v)

Tlacza (MH594v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacza (“He Runs Quickly,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a lower leg and foot. Four toes are visible. No other details are provides (such as an ankle or leg hair).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Sometimes footprints are employed by scribes to refer to verbs involved with human movement. For example, Pain is a name that refers to someone running fast.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

luis tlacça

Gloss Normalization: 

Luis Tlacza

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

walk quickly, caminar rápidamente, correr, pie, pierna, foot, leg

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

tlacza, to go quickly or run, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacza

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Irse Rápidamente, o Correr

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 594v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=268&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: 
See Also: 

Pain (MH519r)

Pain (MH498v)

Pain (MH591v)