Tzacualcatl (MH643r)

Tzacualcatl (MH643r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity Tzacualcatl ("Person from Tzacualco") is attested here as a man's. It shows a mirrored view of two stepped pyramids (tzacualli) in profile. A line connects the two.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This particular pair of shapes looks much like the crenelation on the building in the upper left corner of the iconographic example of an altepetl (MH894r).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego tzagualcatl

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Tzacualcatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Emotions

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

escalas, paredes, pirámides, arquitectura, nombres de hombres, pyramid , tzacualli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzacual(li), temple or pyramid, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzacualli
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

una persona de Tzacualco

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 643r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=368&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).

Orthography:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: