Tlenamacacazolli (MH537r)

Tlenamacacazolli (MH537r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlenamacacazolli (“Incense Burner,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a 3/4 view of a horizontal incense burner, one that would probably be hand held. To modern eyes, it looks more like a pipe. The contents of the bowl are black, and lines of smoke arise from the bowl, going off at an angle (to the right).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This Nahua name is preceded in the gloss by a Christian first name (Toribio). He may have been named after Toribio de Benavente, also known as Motolinia ("One Who is Poor or Afflicted"). This was the first word he learned in Nahuatl, and he went on to learn the language well. He lived in the monastery in Huejotzingo. Doing a quick search for the name "Toribio" will produce an impressive result.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

doribio tlenamacacaçolli

Gloss Normalization:

Toribio Tlenamacacazolli

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:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Christian)

Religion (Indigenous)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

horizontal

3/4 view

Keywords:

incienso, tabaco

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tle(tl), fire, flame, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tletl
tlenamacac, fire drilling priest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlenamacac
-zolli, something old, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Incensario

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=153&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:

"d" for t

Historical Contextualizing Image: