Tlaltecahua (MH499v)

Tlaltecahua (MH499v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity Tlaltecahua (perhaps meaning "He Leaves Land to Someone," here, attested as pertaining to a man) shows a bird's eye view of a large, horizontal rectangular piece of land (tlalli) with subdivisions. The parcel involves two partitions, creating three strips. The middle strip has texturing, which may suggest cultivation. The glyph for land provides the phonetic start to the name or the ethnic label. No other visuals enter into the other parts of the word.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The Tlaltecahuaque are mentioned by Wimmer (2004), who is cited in the Gran Diccionario del Nahuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tlaltecahuaque, as an ethnic group.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

domīgo
tlaltecahuā

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Tlaltecahua (or Tlaltecahuan)

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Gender (male)

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

dotted, granular, textured

bird's eye view

horizontal

Keywords:

lands, tierras, etnicidades, ethnicities, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlaltequehuaque, a group of people of a certain ethnicity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaltecahuaque
tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
-teca, inhabitant of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl
-hua, possessio, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tlaltecahua

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 499v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=78&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:

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: