Tlazol (MH576v)

Tlazol (MH576v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlazol (“Sin" or "Sinner,” attested here as a man’s name) shows what appears to be a devil's head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. He appears to be a devil because has horns on his head and a lot of hair on his neck and some on his cheek.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The existence of a devil and its personification is reminiscent of the Christian influence that led to the placement of faces on figures meant to be associated with teotl (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā. tlaçol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlazol

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

sins, pecados, religión, diablos

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

tlazol(li), sin or garbage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Pecador, o La Basura

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 576v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=232&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: 

Teotl (MH576r)

Teotl (MH575v)

Achiteotl (MH507r)

Teoxoch (MH524v)

Xochiteotl (MH500r)