Tlacochin (MH490v)

Tlacochin (MH490v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacochin ("Javelin") shows a vertical javelin. It is segmented as though it is made of cane (carrizo, in Spanish). It is also decorated with a wing feather, something in the manner of the arrow called mitl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tlacochtli was a more common way of saying javelin; tlacochin is an older term with the same meaning. Glyphs for the tlacochtli (and the related personal name, Tlacochin) vary considerably. See some more examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio tlacochin

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Antonio Tlacochin

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

segmented

vertical, upright

Keywords:

arrows, spears, javelins, flechas, lanzas, jabalinas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacoch(tli)), a javelin, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli
Tlacochin, a famous person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochin
tlacochinami(tl), an enclosure, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochinamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Flecha o Lanza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 490v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=60&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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