Tlatquiccan (MH705r)

Tlatquiccan (MH705r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the place name Tlatquiccan (perhaps “Where There Are Carriers”) shows a man wearing only a loincloth, in profile, facing right, and in motion, as though running. His visible arm is raised although bent at the elbow. He is running on top of a pile of canes or reeds (probably acatl). This place name or title is linked to a man sitting inside a building and wearing a diadem, cape, and black Spanish-style shirt. So, perhaps, instead of the gloss indicating the place, it is a title for this elite man.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The orthography we have chosen presumes that the name starts with Tlatquic-, for carrier or one who carries, with the -can locative added to that. The start of the name could be Tlatqui-, from (tlatquitl) which means property, but that often refers to landed property, and nothing like land is shown. Rather, the visuals support the reading of carrier. There is a place name Tlatquican, said by Gabruder Mann Verlag (Indiana, 2003, 81) to refer to a “lugar de Tlatquic,” but he nevertheless shows just once “c” in the place name (suggesting ellision). This same author adds that Tlatquic (without the locative suffix) is usually accompanied by the title tecuhtli. This combination is supported by H. R. Harvey and Hanns J. Prem, Explorations in Ethnohistory (1984, 245). Chimalpahin also includes some examples of the title tlatquic teuhctli. See Susan Schroeder, Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco (1992), 91.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tlatquican

Gloss Normalization:

Tlatquiccan

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:

place name

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Transportation, Travel, Roads

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Keywords:

tamemes, cargo, cargar, cañas, propiedad, trabajo, oficios, títulos, gobierno, nombres de lugares

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlatquic, a carrier, one who carries things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatquic
tlatqui(tl), property, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatquitl
-can (locative suffix), where, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/can-2
aca(tl), reeds or canes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Lugar de Tamemes

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 705r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=488&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:

dropped "c"

Historical Contextualizing Image: