Tlacatl (MH718v)

Tlacatl (MH718v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing if the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tlacatl (“Person”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a man who is standing. He is not wearing clothing. His head is turned in a profile, facing right. His elbows are bent, and his left arm (especially) seems to be gesturing. If this rather unremarkable man (tlacatl, person) had a cape and was pointing his finger, one might take him for a lord (another meaning of tlacatl).

Description, 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)
Gestures with hands
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

persona desvestida, hombre, nombres de hombres

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

tlaca(tl), a person, or a lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Una Persona

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 718v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=515&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: 

Tlacatl (MH580r)

Tlacapan (MH489v)

Icnotlacatl (MH490v)