Xalaca (MH855v)

Xalaca (MH855v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xalaca (perhaps “Sand Flea”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a small circle containing black dots. At minimum, this glyph represents sand (xalli). The rest of the name (-aca) would have to be known by the reader.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Two other glyphs for Xalaca or Xalacatl (below) shows drawings of sand fleas. Another appears to include dots of sand but also perhaps two animal horns.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dieo xalaCa

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Xalaca

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
dotted, granular, textured
frontal view
Keywords: 

pulgas, insectos, bichos, arena, nombres de hombres

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

xalaca(tl), a sand flea, also an ethnicity, a plant, and a place name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xalacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pulga de Arena

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 855v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=783&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: 

xalli (Mdz17v)

Xalaca (MH691r)

Xalacatl (MH643r)

Xalacatl (MH678r)