tlapallacuilo (MH811r)

tlapallacuilo (MH811r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for tlapallacuilo, refers to the occupation, "one who writes or paints with colors." This can often refer to red paint, but not exclusively. The glyph here shows a small round pot of paint, seemingly full of paint (a dark color), and a painting instrument sticking out of the pot at an angle to the left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Most glyphs in this digital collection that represent the similar occupation, tlacuilo, show simply the implement for writing or painting. One has red paint at the tip of what appears to be a brush. See below. Those examples also include one personal name "Tlacuilol," which is short for tlacuilolli and retains the "l" at the end, means something written or painted. It is an implement, too.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tlapalacuilo

Gloss Normalization:

tlapallacuilo

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:

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Ceramics, Pottery

Occupations

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

frontal view

Keywords:

oficios, occupations, trabajo, pintor, pintores, pintura a colores, pintura roja

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapal(li), paint, dye, often red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
tlacuilo, writer/painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo
tlapallacuilo, painter, specializes in red paint, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapallacuilo

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 811r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=696&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:

dropped "l"

Historical Contextualizing Image: