Tilma (MH667v)

Tilma (MH667v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tilma (“Cloak”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a rectangle with a mesh design in the center and a white border. This is a piece of cloth or blanket that would have been worn as a cloak (tilmatli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Tilmatli glyphs show a range of fabric types and substances, including cloaks made from zacate (grasses). One is black. Another one, from the Codex Mendoza, has an elaborate design and color scheme. The tilmatli entered Spanish as Tilma.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
frontal view
Keywords: 

telas, mantas, capas, ropa, nombres de hombres

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

tilma(tli), cloak, blanket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tilmatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tilma

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 667v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=415&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tilma (MH649r)

Tliltilma (MH625r)

Zacatilma (MH498r)

Zacatilma (MH771r)

Zacatilma (MH774v)

tilmatli (Mdz64r)