Tlatonac (MH868v)

Tlatonac (MH868v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatonac (perhaps, “Generator of Abundance”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a sun with an anthropomorphic face and lots of sun rays around in a circle. The rays suggest the verb “to shine” (tona), perhaps in the preterit tense (-c).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tlatonac was the second part of the name of Tizocic, and Tlatonac meant "Generador de la Abundancia," according to Fernando Alvarado Tezozomoc's Crónica Mexicana (2018 edition). See another glyph for the name Tlatonac, below. See also the glyph for Chalchiuhtlatonac, the name of a divine force associated with water.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

thomas tlatonac aqui

Gloss Normalization:

Tomás Tlatonac, anqui

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:

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Keywords:

abundancia, sol, brilla, calienta, hablar, nombres de fuerzas divinas, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlatonac, a name held by high ranking Nahua leaders and associated with a female divine force of water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Tlatonac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Él Brilló en Algo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 868v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=809&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

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: