Tlacuilo (MH885v)

Tlacuilo (MH885v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlacuilo ("Writer" or "Painter") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a left hand grasping a writing or painting implement with a black tip.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dionicio tlacuillo

Gloss Normalization: 

Dionisio Tlacuilo

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

writer, escribano, notario, painter, pintor, nombres de hombres

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

tlacuilo, writer, painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Pintor, El Escribano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=843&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: 
"ci" for si
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlacuilo (MH504r)

Tlacuilo (MH576v)

Tlacuilol (MH505v)