Tlacatl (MH580r)

Tlacatl (MH580r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacatl (“Person,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. His visible eye is open. His mouth is closed and the line for his mouth curves slightly. His hair is short (but covering his ear). He does not have bangs, which most men do have.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

person, persona, people, gente, male, macho, gender, género, nombres de hombres

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

tlaca(tl), person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Persona

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 580r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=239&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: 
See Also: 

Icnotlacatl (MH490v)

Tlacacochtoc (MH581v)

Tlacapan (MH489v)

Tlacaneneltzin (MH538r)

Tlacatl (MH718v)