Tlamauhcatl (MH703v)

Tlamauhcatl (MH703v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnic origin, Tlamauhcatl (“Someone from Tlamauhco”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a frontal view of a starry or stellar eye in black and white. Above the eye is what appears to be a red jester’s hat.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tlamauh (also spelled Tlamao) glyphs and those associated with the place name Tlamauhco require further study. While the starry eye is the most recurring element, some have unusual features, a couple (such as this one) have what might possibly be a jester’s hat, and one is the head of a man with a long ponytail. The rare features may be providing additional information about the meaning of the term.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheō tlamaocatl

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Tlamauhcatl

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle (half)

frontal view

Keywords:

etnicidades, pueblos, orígenes, ojos, sabiduría, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlamauh, wise man, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamauh
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Tlamauhco

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 703v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=485&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:

"o" for u or uh

"th" for t, d, or gd

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: