tlacuilolli (MH605r)

tlacuilolli (MH605r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the element tlacuilolli (a piece of writing or a painting) has been carved from the compound glyph of the personal name, Tetlacuilol. This element is a simple rectangle in a vertical position. The tetl (stone) that had appeared in the middle of the rectangle has been extracted.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Even though this appears to be a piece of sheet paper, it symbolizes writing or painting, but when combined with the stone, it might actually relate to the carving of designs on stone.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

cuil (tracking)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

Keywords:

writing, escritura, painting, pintura, stone carving, talla de piedra

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 605r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=292st=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).