Petlazol (MH776v)

Petlazol (MH776v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Petlazol ("Old Mat") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a woven mat (petlatl) coming apart on one edge, suggesting that it is old (-zolli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bartromē.petlaçol.

Gloss Normalization: 

Bartolomé Petlazol

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
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
woven
Keywords: 

petates, viejos, nombres de hombres, tejido, tules

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

petlazol(li), old mat or centipede, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlazolli
petla(tl), woven reed mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl
-zol(li), something old, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Estera Vieja, o Cempiés

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 776v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=627&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"r" for l
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

petlatl (Mdz22r)

petlatl (MH484r)