Tlaixtoc (MH844r)

Tlaixtoc (MH844r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaixtoc (perhaps “He Went To Look at Something” or “He Went Before Something”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man sitting with his right knee up a bit and his rather thin and short arms extended out in front of him. He wears a loincloth. His ribs are showing. His head is tilted back, looking (-ix-) up at something (tla-) not visible. His body is facing the viewer’s right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This man’s posture, near nudity, and exposed ribs make his seem vulnerable. Perhaps he is presenting a humbled position before a divine force that is not visible.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo tlaystoc

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tlaixtoc

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

sentar, sentado, mirando hacia arriba, vulnerable, nombres de hombres

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

tlaixtococani, one who scrutinizes everything found in a given place, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaixtotocani
ix(tli), face or eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
-tla-, something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla
-toc, went to do, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Apareció Ante Algo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 844r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=762&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: 
"s" for x
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Atle Itilma (MH776v)

Ayaquica (MH763r)

Quiyahuac Huetztoc (MH777v)

Icel Huetztoc (MH624r)