tlapepecho (MH486v)

tlapepecho (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of a simplex glyph for the noun that refers to an occupation (tlapepecho) shows a frontal view of a horizontal tobacco tube. It is black on the right end, where the tobacco (iyetl), no phonetic role] is located, seemingly, and natural on the left end, where perhaps the object would be held in the hand.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Various terms in the Online Nahuatl Dictionary with this same root have to do with something that lies underneath something else (like the sole of the foot), or something that covers something else (like plaster). The definition provided in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl, citing Wimmer 2004, is: one who provides a covering for the tobacco tube. See: https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tlapepecho/71030

This glyph looks nearly identical to the iconographic examples included here of acayetl, which is a bamboo-like cane that has been treated with an aromatic substance. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Xitlali Torres

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

horizontal

frontal view

Keywords:

tobacco, tabaco, smoking, fumar, cubrir, cubierto, oficios, occupations

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapepecho, one who provides a covering for the tobacco tube, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapepecho

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=52&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: