Tlaltecatl (MH762r)

Tlaltecatl (MH762r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaltecatl (perhaps “Person fro Tlallan" or a "Person of the Land”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a horizontal rectangle with lots of dots inside and two sideways U-shapes. The gloss suggests that this is a parcel of land (tlalli), and the details suggest cultivation. The -tecatl affiliation suffix is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gabriel tlaltecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Gabriel Tlaltecatl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Gender (male)

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

U-shapes (any direction)

dotted, granular, textured

bird's eye view

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, diademas, coronas, gobierno, jerarquía social, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
-tecatl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 762r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=602&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: