Tlatlan (MH632r)

Tlatlan (MH632r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatlan (perhaps,"He Asked" or "Toothy") is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a mouth in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. The teeth (tlantli) are very visible, on the top and the bottom of the mouth. The top lip curls up and back slightly, reminiscent more of an animal's mouth than a human's. The name reduplicates the first syllable, and perhaps there are enough teeth here to convey a visual reduplication. Tlatlan could be tlatlani (or tlahtlani, with the glottal stop), having to do with asking or inquiring.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Suggestions for improving this analysis are welcomed.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

miguel
tlatlan

Gloss Normalization: 

Miguel Tlatlan (or Miguel Tlatla)

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Gender (female)
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: 

teeth, dientes, mouth, boca, nariz, nose, curl, curva, nombres de hombres

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

tlan(tli), tooth, teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli
tlatlani, to ask, to inquire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlani-0
tlatla, to get burned, to be on fire, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatla

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Dientes

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=346st=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: 

tlantli (Mdz50r)

tlantli (Mdz44r)

tlantli (Mdz20v)

Teocuitlatlan (Mdz13v)