Tletlec (MH580r)

Tletlec (MH580r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tletlec (“Kestrel,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a bird facing toward the viewer's right. Its wings are raised and its legs are curving forward. Its eye and beak are open. Movement or flight seems indicated.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The variety of birds in this database is considerable. Some examples are birds in flight. Some are standing still.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

paltasal.tletlec

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Tletlec

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)
visible movement
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

birds, pájaros, cernícalos, kestrels

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

tletlec(tli), a kestral, a type of falcon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tletlectli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Cernícalo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 580r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=239&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: 

Cuixtli (MH515v)

Cuicuitzcatl (MH507r)