Tlachinol (MH668r)

Tlachinol (MH668r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlachinol (“Burning Fields”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal line from which curls of smoke appear. To the right of the volutes referring to smoke is a plant that looks something like zacatl. The result is a scene of field burning (tlachinolli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This could be short for "Atl Tlachinolli," "Flood and Conflagration," a metaphor for war or other types of apocalypse. Tlachinol was a popular personal name in 1560. See other examples below. At least three of these clearly show water as part of the equation.

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

fires, fuegos, flames, flamas, conflagración, tierra quemada, scorched earth, tlachinolli, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlachinol(li), burning fields, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlachinolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Tierras Quemadas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=416&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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