Tlahuizcal (MH836r)

Tlahuizcal (MH836r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlahuizcal (“Dawn’s Radiance”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be a battle device or insignia (tlahuiztli) held in a hand that reaches in from the left. This would appear to be a phonetic indicator for tlahuizcalli, dawn’s radiance. The device has a three-dimensionality. It appears to be a vertical tube, and it has short lines coming out of the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The various glyphs for Tlahuizcal, as appear below, are all very different from one another.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

bartasal tlahuizcal

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Tlahuizcal

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

shading and parallel line hatching

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

amanecer, sol, aurora, brillar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlahuizcal(li), dawn's radiance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuizcalli
tlahuiz(tli), battle device, weapon, insignia, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuiztli

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 836r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=746&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: