tlapallacuiloque (MH816v)

tlapallacuiloque (MH816v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex Nahuatl hieroglyph 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. Interestingly, this hand is not in a fist position the way some of them are.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

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 often painted red.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

pluralization (textual)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Occupations

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

tlapallacuiloqueh, escribir, pintar, brocha, pincel, mano

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapallacuilo, a painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapallacuilo
tlapal(li), paint, dye, red color, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

los pintores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 816v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=707&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 "l"

Historical Contextualizing Image: