Tolnahuacatl (MH685v)

Tolnahuacatl (MH685v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or title, Tolnahuacatl (a title given to a warrior who had taken four captives), is attested here as pertaining to a man. Alternatively, this could be a "person from Tolnahuac" (a town or neighborhood "next to the tules"). The glyph shows a frontal view of a group of three tule reeds and two blossoms on spikes. At the base of this plant are two concentric circles of uncertain reading. Perhaps it is a shield, which would be a nod to the warrior’s bravery behind the title of Tolnahuacatl.

Description, 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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

Keywords:

títulos de guerreros, tules, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tolnahuacatl, a title given to a warrior who had taken four captives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolnahuacatl
tol(in), tule reeds, sedge grasses, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolin-1
Nahuacatl, sixth son of Tizocic, a famous person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tolnahuacatl (un título de un guerrero valiente)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 685v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=451&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:

"p" for b, u, or v

Historical Contextualizing Image: