Tlacochin (MH826v)

Tlacochin (MH826v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacochin (“Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical bundle of what are apparently some kind of projectiles, such as arrows, spears, or javelins. Points and fletching are not obvious in this glyph, but the poles do have designs like horizontal stripes at the top and bottom.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Notice in the gloss image that a change was made using a white paint to cover up what was first written. It appears that Alonzo was still in the original gloss, but the second name (referring to the glyph) might have been something else. Josh Fitzgerald is studying the use of white paint to make changes to texts and images. Incidentally, regarding the translation of tlacochtli, one Spanish-language translation gives “dardo” (dart), as found in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

al^o. tlacochi

Gloss Normalization:

Alonzo Tlacochin

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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:

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

striped

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

proyectiles, dardos, flechas, arpones, javelinas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacoch(tli), a projectile, such as an arrow, spear, or javelin https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochtli
Tlacochin, a famous name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacochin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Flecha o Lanza

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 826v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=727&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).

Orthography:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: