Tlaximal (MH857v)

Tlaximal (MH857v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaximal (“A Hewn Timber”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal piece of timber. It has a hole in the right end, and a rope has been strung through the beam.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Typically, beams have cords or ropes through one end to facilitate dragging the wood from where it has been cut and worked to where it will be used in construction.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dieo tlaximal

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Tlaximal

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)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rope, cord
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

madera, vigas, cuerdas, sogas, jalar, nombres de hombres

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

tlaximal(li), a hewn timber, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaximalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Viga Tallada

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 857v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=787&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: 

Tlahuilan (MH513r)

huilana (MH558v)

Huepan (MH651v)