Tlatlachihuehue (MH830v)

Tlatlachihuehue (MH830v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatlachihuehue (perhaps “Elder with Good Vision”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing the viewer’s right. His hair is messy, and he is balding at the top, and he has large spots on his face. Two hands appear in front of his face, perhaps he is looking at them.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Further research could improve this decipherment.

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: 
Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Anatomy, human body parts
Face Paint or Tattoos
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

ancianos, viejos, caras, manos, calvo, manchado, visión, ver bien, nombres de hombres

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

tlachia, to see, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachia
tlatlachia, to see very well, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlachia-0
huehue(tl), an elder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/contenthuehue-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Viejo Que Ve Bien

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 830v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=735&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).

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