Tlapopolo (MH515v)

Tlapopolo (MH515v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlapopolo (perhaps "He Destroyed") is attested here as the name of a man. It shows a left hand pointing its index finger toward the viewer's right. Below the hand are many dots. The intention seems to indicate the destruction of something (tlapopoloa) at the hand of someone. The hand has a double line circling the wrist.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The pointing finger is usually associated with the authority of someone. Perhaps the Destroyer would be someone who ordered the destruction. The significance of the double line at the wrist has yet to be analyzed. The multiple dots could be there as a nod to the reduplication of the "po" syllable in the word. The grasping hand could be there to provide the phonetic value of "oa" in the verb, tlapopoloa, something like the "hua" syllable.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Jua^o tlapopollo

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Tlapopollo

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

hua (grasping hand)

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

reduplication (visual)

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Body postures

Gender (male)

Gestures with hands

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

hands, manos, destroy, destruir

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlapopoloa, to destroy something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapopoloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Destruyó, o Él Que Destruye

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 515v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=110&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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