Tlacaxoloc (MH595r)

Tlacaxoloc (MH595r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Tlacaxoloc (“At the Tapir [Place]") shows the head of a tapir (tlacaxolotl) in profile view atop a building. the animal's mouth is open, its large tongue protrudes, and its sharp teeth and fangs are very visible. The tapir's head is tipped back, its eye is open, and its coat is textured. The building (calli), which is shown in a frontal view and full of right angles, provides only the semantic element for the locative suffix (-c).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
locative (not visual, but represented semantically)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
right angle(s)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlacaxolo(tl), a tapir, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacaxolotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Lugar de los Tapires

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 595r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=269&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).