Tlapalcamisa (MH779v)

Tlapalcamisa (MH779v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlapalcamisa (“Red Shirt”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a European-style long-sleeve shirt with ruffles where the wrists would be. This glyph is not painted a color, but the name seems to refer to a red (tlapalli) shirt (camisa).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This shirt design was an import from Spain. Some Indigenous men gradually adopted the wearing of European clothing, such as this shirt. And several in this collection had Camisa as a personal name. Other clothing terms that were used as personal names include, for example, Zacatilma or just Tilma. Note the other camisas, below. They can take different shapes, and one has stripes.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o . tlapalcamiSa

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tlapalcamisa

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

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

camisas, nombres de colores, rojo, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapal(li), paint, dye, color, red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
camisa (a loanword from Spanish), shirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/camisa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Camisa Roja

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 779v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=633&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:

capitalization irregularity

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: