tlapitzqui (MH910v)

tlapitzqui (MH910v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun and occupation of musician, or player of a flute or trumpet, is attested here as a man’s occupation. The glyph shows a vertical, metal, musical instrument that resembles a trumpet.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The gloss refers to trumpeters or musicians in the plural, tlapitzque (or tlapitzqueh, with the glottal stop), but the instrument alone can also refer to one musician, tlapitzqui, in the singular. This is an instrument introduced by European colonizers

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tlapitzque

Gloss Normalization:

tlapitzque

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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:

Gender (male)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Music, Song, Dance

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

trompetas, música, oficios de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapitzqui, one who plays a flute or trumpet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapitzqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Músico, o Trompetista

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 910v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=891&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).

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