Tlatol (MH769v)

Tlatol (MH769v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatol ("Words") is attested here as a man's name. It shows three horizontal speech scrolls. The volutes curl under. They represent the noun, word (tlatolli, or tlahtolli with the glottal stop).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

These speech scrolls have a separation from the taxpayers face. They connect to his mouth by a line. Note the other examples below, that emerge right from the taxpayer's mouth.

Volutes have a great many readings that include various forms of speech, singing, smoke curls, excrement, and more.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juo tlathol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlatol (or Tlahtol)

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
visible sound
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Keywords: 

palabras, hablar, volutas, nombres de hombres

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

tlatol(li), word, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Palabra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 769v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=613&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlatol (MH814v)

Tlatol (MH786v)

Tlatol (MH614r)