Tlahuel (MH834r)

Tlahuel (MH834r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlahuel (“Hello!” or "A Conjuring Expression") is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a man's face in profile, looking toward the viewer's left. The man's hair is somewhat unruly. Two parallel, curving lines come out of his mouth.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The speech "scrolls" are not typical volutes for speech. Tlahuel has been translated as a greeting and a conjuring statement, so it could be the latter. The man's wild hair could suggest a supernatural power, too.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tlavel

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlahuel

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: 
noun(s)
visible sound
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
volute(s)
Keywords: 

scrolls, volutas, palabras, hablar, conjurar, saludos, nombres de hombres

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

Tlahuel, a name, a greeting, or a conjuring expression, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuel-0
tlahuel(li), anger, rage, fury, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuelli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

¡Hola!

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 834r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=742&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlahuel (MH518v)

Tlahuel (MH568r)

Tlahueliloc (MH815r)