Tolotica (MH712v)

Tolotica (MH712v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tolotica (“He Has His Head Hanging Down”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a seated male in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. He wears a loincloth and a cape tied over his left shoulder. His knees are drawn up under the cape. Curiously, his head is not hanging down, which the gloss might suggest. Perhaps this is a man from Toluca, and the name here refers to this ethnicity.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Body postures
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

cabezas, etnicidades, verbos, nombres de personas

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

toloa, to bow or lower the head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toloa
tolotica, to have one’s head hanging down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolotica

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Estar con la Cabeza Inclinado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 712v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=503&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tolocan (Mdz12r)

Tolocan (Mdz10v)