Motlalnelo (MH746r)

Motlalnelo (MH746r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motlalnelo (“He Got Dirty”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph is simply a sign for land or dirt (tlalli), a rectangle divided in half on the diagonal by a double line. The bottom/left half is dotted. The upper/right half is plain.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juan motlalnelo

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Motlalnelo

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
diagonal or angled
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

tierra, ensuciarse, nombres de hombres

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

tlal(li), land or dirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalli
tlalneloa, to get dirty, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalneloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Se Ensució

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 746r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=570&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).

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