tlapallacuiloque (MH816v)
This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of tlapallacuilo (given here in the plural, tlapallacuiloque, or tlapallacuiloqueh, with the glottal stop). The glyph shows a (right) hand holding what seems to be a paintbrush. If this were in color, perhaps the tip would be red.
Stephanie Wood
Another glyph referring to this same occupation appears in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco on folio 811 recto. It is a small pot containing a dark color. What may be a writing implement or a paint brush is immersed in the liquid (paint or ink). The name Tlapal, much like the glyph here, shows a (left) hand holding a writing or painting implement. Other names starting with Tlapal- are painted red.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
tlapallacuiloqueh
tlapallacuilo, a painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapallacuilo
tlapal(li), paint, dye, red color, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
los pintores
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 816v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=707&st=image.
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