Tzintlapac (MH679r)

Tzintlapac (MH679r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzintlapac (perhaps “Washed Bottom”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the rear end (tzintli) of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Black markings draw attention to what may intend to be the anus, perhaps the site of the washing (tlapaca) clarified by the gloss.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Two glyphs appearing below refer to places for washing laundry.

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:

verb

preterit tense

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

limpiar, traseros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzin(tli), rear end, bottom, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzintli
tlapaca, to wash, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapaca

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Trasero Lavado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 679r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=438&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: