Tlilacatzin (MH716r)

Tlilacatzin (MH716r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlilacatzin, (“Black Reed”), shows a profile view of a hand holding a writing implement and putting it to a strip of paper that has writing on it. The writing was made with black ink (tlilli). The -aca- (reed) part of the name does not appear to be included in the visuals, unless the paper was made from reeds.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

We do have a glyph that supports the fact that tules were used for making paper; it was not all amatl.

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Paper

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

papel, escrituras, escribir, tinta negra, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Caña Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 716r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=510&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: