Toltecatl (MH746r)

Toltecatl (MH746r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

zThis black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for Toltecatl (referring to a person from Tula or a skilled artisan) is attested here as referring to a man. The glyph is a tall, vertical tule plant with two leaves on either side of the central shaft, which has what appears to be a cattail at the top.

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

tules, etnicidad, pueblos, afiliación, nombres de hombres

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

tolteca(tl), inhabitant of Tula or a skilled artisan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toltecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una persona de Tollan (Tula)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 746r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=570&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: 
"r" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Toltecatl (MH616r)