Tlalnahuac (MH773r)

Tlalnahuac (MH773r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tlalnahuac (perhaps “Next to the Land”) shows a bird’s eye view of a horizontal rectangle with a white border and a dark gray inner rectangle. This dark area contains three rows of C shapes, which seem to suggest cultivation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A very similar glyph appears on folio 774 verso.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlalnavac

Gloss Normalization: 

Tlalnahuac

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: 
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Names (places)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
gray
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
border pattern
C-shapes
dotted, granular, textured
horizontal
rectangular
Keywords: 

tierras, sementeras, agricultura, nombres de lugares, topónimos

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

tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
-nahuac, next to, near, on the side of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Junto a la Tierra (o las Tierras)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 773r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=620&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: 

Tlalnahuac (MH774v)