Telpo (MH496r)

Telpo (MH496r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Telpo (here, attested as a man's name or status) shows a frontal view of a young man's head. The cut and length of the hair is gendered male.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The name seems to be a contracted version of telpochtli, young man.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

petro
telpo

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Telpo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

young men, jóvenes

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

telpoch(tli), young man, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/telpochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Joven

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 496r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=71&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).

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