Tlatzihuitl (MH834v)

Tlatzihuitl (MH834v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatzihuitl (perhaps "One Who is Lazy") is attested here as a man's name. The name still awaits translation. What the glyph shows is what appears to be a man in a shroud or a cocoon, in profile facing left and upward. His visible eye is closed, suggesting that he is dead, although perhaps he could be sleeping.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o tlatzihuitl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tlatzihuitl

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Emotions

Gender (male)

Labor Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

capullo, envuelto, cuerpo, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlatzihui, to be lazy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatzihui

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 834v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=743&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: