Tlalyacanqui (MH485v)

Tlalyacanqui (MH485v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlalyacanqui, which possibly doubles as an occupation, has two main elements. One is a parcel of land (tlalli). This is a square with two vertical lines running down the middle of it. The other element of the compound is a challenge to make out, but it may be a nose (yacatl), which would provide the phonetic component for the remainder of the name. Or, perhaps it is a headdress of some kind that would indicate leadership.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

A tlayacanqui is a person with leadership over something. The tlalyacanqui may be a person with leadership over land tenure or use.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro tlalyacāgui

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tlalyacanqui

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

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Anatomy, human body parts

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

vertical, upright

bird's eye view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

lands, tierras, líderes, leaders

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlali
yaca(tl), nose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yacatl
tlayacanqui, leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlayacanqui
-yacanqui, leader over things or people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yacanqui

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 485v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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).

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