Tlapaltototl (MH717r)

Tlapaltototl (MH717r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name, Tlapaltototl (“Vermillion Flycatcher”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a red (tlapalli) bird (tototl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. Its eye is open, but its beak is closed.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

miguel tlapaltototl

Gloss Normalization:

Miguel Tlapaltototl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing left

Keywords:

animales, pájaros, mosqueros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapaltoto(tl), a Vermillion Flycatcher bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapaltototl
tlapal(li), paint, color, red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
toto(tl), a bird and a person’s name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tototl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Mosquero Rojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 717r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=512&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: