tlalpiloni (Mdz43r)

tlalpiloni (Mdz43r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This multicolored painting is an iconographic example for the noun tlalpiloni, a feather hair binder with double tassels that was a type of insignia. The double tassels are connected by a red tie with a knot at top and center. The tassels are turquoise-blue, red, yellow, and different shades of green. This device is very much like the quetzaltlalpiloni that is also a part of this digital collection.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

una pieça de tlalpiloni de plumas
rricas desta hechura q` ser
via / de insinia rreal

Gloss Normalization: 

una pieza de tlalpiloni de plumas ricas de esta hechura que servía de insignia real

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Feathers
Insignia
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
green (dark)
green (light)
red
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

plumas, pelo, insignias, atado

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

tlalpiloni, a special hair binder with double feather tassels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalpiloni

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(unas insignias en forma de adorno de borlas de plumas quetzales para el pelo)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 43 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 96 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)