Yaotlaocol (MH880r)

Yaotlaocol (MH880r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yaotlaocol (literally, “Combatant-Sadness”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a war shield divided into quadrants with an X-shape. Below the shield is the face of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Three streams of tears come down his face from his eye.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Most often, yaotl in this context refers to a combatant, a warrior. But here, instead of combatant, perhaps it the yao- is a shortcut for war (yaoyotl), and the meaning of the name is a sadness associated with war.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ju^o. yaotlaocol

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Yaotlaocol

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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:

Emotions

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

guerras, guerreros, emoción, lágrimas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yao(tl), combatant or enemy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
tlaocol(li), sadness, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaocolli
-e (possession), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

literalmente, Combatiente-Tristeza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 880r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=832&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: