tlama (MH828v)

tlama (MH828v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of tlama (surgeon, physician) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a container with a large handle and a flared mouth, but narrow throat. A tool or instrument protrudes up out of the container. The bottom of the container has the shape of a boot, reminiscent of the Spanish bota, a container for wine that was made of leather. These would be objects used by healers.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other glyphs for the occupation of tlama show what appear to be ceramic jugs with medical instruments coming out of the tops. With the terrible epidemics that were taking many lives, there may have been a proliferation of this occupation, and there may have been European interventions in healing methods.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlamā mīn viznava

Gloss Normalization: 

tlama, Martín Huitznahuatl (or Huitznahua)

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: 
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Leather, hides
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

medicina, botas, instrumentos, tecnología, médicos, curanderos, ocupaciones

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

tlama, surgeon, physician, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlama-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cirujano, o Médico

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 828v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=731&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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlama (MH843r)

tlama (MH833v)

tlama (MH833v)

vino (CST3)