tlalpilli (MH593r)

tlalpilli (MH593r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the element representing something tied (tlalpilli) shows a cloth that is tied (from the verb, ilpia). It has a loop at the top, a big knot, and the two hanging pieces each have two horizontal stripes, forming a loincloth.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This element is featured as part of the compound place name Tlalpican. This place name contains the verb, ilpia (to tie) at the root, which is combined with the tla- (indefinite object), resulting in "to tie something." It is not about tlalli, land, despite the start to the name, Tlal-. The visual here seems to refer to a loincloth. Launey translates the verb tlalpia as "to put on a belt." (See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary entry for tlalpia.)

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

indefinite "tla"

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

horizontal

frontal view

striped

tied, bound, or bundled

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlalpil(li), a tied cloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalpilli
ilpia, to tie, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilpia
tlalpia, to put on a belt or tie something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalpia

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 593r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=265&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).

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