Itztapalo (MH871r)

Itztapalo (MH871r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itztapalo (perhaps “He Used Paving Stones”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows, perhaps, a tool for doing tile work.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Compare this glyph with the other one, below, for Itztapalo. This one here looks even more like a tool than the other one. It appears to have a handle and a scraping blade for working the paver base or for cutting the paving stones.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ao ytztapallo

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonzo Itztapalo

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)
Labor Issues
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

pavimento, herramientas, trabajo, nombres de hombres

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

itztapaloa, to use tiles, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztapaloa
itztapal(li), paving stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Trabajó con Adoquines

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 871r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=814&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: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Itztapalo (MH626r)