Tlalolin (MH640r)

Tlalolin (MH640r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph stands for the personal name Tlalolin ("Earthquake"). It is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a square piece of land with markings that may suggest that it is a cultivated, agricultural parcel (tlalli). Next to it is the sign for movement (olin). See comparisons below.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Often, the sign for movement in this manuscript will have a black rubber (olli) ball at its center, a phonetic complement for olin (movement). But sometimes the center is a starry eye.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlalolī

Gloss Normalization: 

Tlalolin

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rubber
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
dotted, granular, textured
quincunx or quatrefoil
shading and parallel line hatching
X-shapes
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Keywords: 

lands, parcels, tierras, agricultura, tenencia de la tierra, terrenos, sementeras, hule, rubber, movement, movimiento

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

tlalolin, earthquake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalolin
tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
ol(li), rubber, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olli
ol(in), movement, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Tierra Tembló

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 640r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=362&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: 
See Also: 

Tlalolin (MH580r)

Tlalolin (MH614r)

Olin (MH486v)

Olin (MH532r)

Olin (MH574r)

Tlalolin (MH832v)

tlalolin (TR33r)