Tlalcuauh (MH521v)

Tlalcuauh (MH521v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlalcuauh (perhaps "Land-Measuring Rod") shows a rectangular parcel of land (tlalli} with marks that suggest cultivation and, in front of that, a (right) hand holding a stick (cuahuitl). The likely result is the intention of showing the tlalcuahuitl, a land measuring rod.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The stick here for measuring is straight and perhaps longer, when compared to the sticks used for cultivation. See examples of the latter below. The dictionary also includes a matlacuahuitl as a tool for measuring land. The Testaments of Toluca, by Caterina Pizzigoni, includes examples of the term matlaccuahuitl, with the added "c," and she translates it as "ten cuahuitl." It is not clear whether the matlacuahuitl of Alonso de Molina should have two c's and thereby refer to ten cuahuitl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o tlalguauh

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Tlalcuauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Gender (male)

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood, José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

back to front

Keywords:

lands, tierras, measures, medidas, varas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlalcuahui(tl), land measuring rod, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalcuahuitl
tlal(li), land, agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
cuahui(tl), stick, tree, wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
matlacuahuitl, a stick for measuring land,

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=122&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).

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