Texpetla (MH485v)

Texpetla (MH485v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a simplex glyph for the personal name Texpetla is a horzontal vessel, apparently a container (texpetlatl) for panning for gold.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego tespetla

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Texpetla

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
horizontal
Keywords: 

bowl, cuenco, pan, batea

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Batea

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 483r, World Digital Library,https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: