Tlatlauhquitezcatl (MH736v)

Tlatlauhquitezcatl (MH736v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tlatlauhquitezcatl (“Red Mirror”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows four interlocking spears that form a square.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is more likely the glyph for Tlacochcalcatl, which may be the man’s title rather than his name. See examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

rojo, lanzas, rectángulos, espejos, gobierno, títulos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlatlauhqui, red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlauhqui
tezca(tl), mirror, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tezcatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Espejo Rojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=551&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:

intrusive "c"

Historical Contextualizing Image: