Tlailotlac (MH506v)

Tlailotlac (MH506v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the name or title Tlailotlac is a pointy, angular shape, vaguely like a bird with wings and a head pointing toward the viewer's right.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Eduardo de J. Douglas defines the title Tlailotlac as one who has returned (see his book, In the Palace of Nezahualcoyotl, 2012, p. 58). So, perhaps the drawing is of a swallow, or another bird that returns--? It is nothing like Mixcoatlailotlac, which we have in the collection (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

parthasar
tlaylotlac

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Tlailotlac

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bent

diagonal or angled

facing right

pointed (see also spiky)

profile view

spiky

Keywords:

birds, pájaros, dibujos con muchos ángulos, judge, magistrate, ethnicity, etnicidad, juez, jueces

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlailotlac, a person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlailotlac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Que Ha Vuelto(?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 506v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=92&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: