Tlalnahuac (MH774v)

Tlalnahuac (MH774v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tlalnahuac ("Next to the Land"). It shows a horizontal rectangle with a white border. Inside the border is a dark gray area with shapes like the letter C, suggesting a parcel (tlalli) that is cultivated. The -nahuac (near) ending to the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Landscape Features

Names (places)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

gray

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

C-shapes

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

rectangular

shading and parallel line hatching

U-shapes (any direction)

Keywords:

adyacente, cercana, junto a, cerca de, tierra, sementera, parcela, nombres de lugares, barrios, topónimos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlal(li), land or agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
-nahuac, nearby, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Junto a la Tierra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&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: