Tlacacochtoc (MH581v)

Tlacacochtoc (MH581v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacacochtoc (“The Person Who Went to Sleep,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of an upper body of a man who has his visible eye closed. There may be a loincloth belt at his waist. He has no upper garment. His right arm is bent, but his hand is not visible. He has very little hair.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This person may be named after a figure from history mentioned by Tezozomoc.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

martin tlacacochtoc

Gloss Normalization:

Martín Tlacacochtoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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)

verb

preterit tense

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:

sleep, dormir, verbs, verbos, pretérito, preterit, person, persona, people, gente, dormir, eyes closed, ojos cerrados, acostado

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlaca(tl), person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl
cochtoc, someone lying asleep, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cochtoc
cochi, to sleep, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cochi
-toc, lying down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toc-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Persona Que Fue a Dormir

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 581v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=242&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: