tlacuilo (MH778v)

tlacuilo (MH778v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation tlacuilo, writer/painter. It shows a small (right) hand grasping a large white writing implement. The implement is at an angle. At the bottom, it is black and then red (on the point), as though the person may really be painting with red paint. The black part could be a cluster of grasses or hairs.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlacuillo

Gloss Normalization: 

tlacuilo

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Education, Knowledge, Wisdom
Gender (male)
Occupations
Paper
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing left
profile view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

scribe, escribano, writer, implemento, escribir, oficios

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

tlacuilo, writer or painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo
tlacuilol(li), a piece of writing, a painting, or a design, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Pintor, El Escribano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 778v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=631&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: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlacuilo (MH885v)

tlacuilo (MH504r)

tlacuilo (Mdz70r)

Tlacuilo (MH576v)