Tlazalo (MH668r)

Tlazalo (MH668r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlazalo (perhaps “One Who Glues Things”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a (left) hand holding one piece that is part of a group of seven tesserae (perhaps tlazalolli), probably consisting of small pieces of turquoise that were being stuck onto a mosaic by someone who glues such things.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for tesserae that are turquoise, along with two mosaics that were made from such pieces.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Ceramics, Pottery
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Turquoise or Jade
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

cerámica, teselas, turquesas, pegar, adherir, nombres de hombres

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

tlazalo, one who glues tesserae onto mosaics, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazalo
tlazalol(li), something glued or attached to another thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazalolli
tlaza, to throw down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaza

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Adhiere Cosas, o Fabricante de Mosáicos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=416&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: 
See Also: 

Xiuhnel (MH513r)

Xiuhnel (MH518r)

xihuitl (Mxnus19)

xihuitl (Osu14v)

Xopal (MH711v)