Tlaocol (MH810v)

Tlaocol (MH810v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaocol (“Sadness”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man’s head, facing toward the viewer’s right, and tears are streaming down his cheek.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Sadness is an emotion often expressed in this digital collection. Look for it in examples of glyphs for a woman who has been left (cahualli), a widow (icnocihuatl), or a widower (icnooquichtli).

Added Analysis, 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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

triste, lágrimas, emoción, nombres de hombres

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

tlaocol(li), sadness, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaocolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Trizteza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 810v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=695&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: 

Tlaocol (MH483v)

cahualli (Mdz13v)

cahualli (MH608r)

Icnocihuatl (Verg9r)

icnooquichtli (MH608r)