tlatlapoloni (CM9)

tlatlapoloni (CM9)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a key (tlatlapoloni) is an example of iconography from the Codex Mexicanus. It is shared here for the purpose of comparing it with a key in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. The key is facing toward the viewer's right. It is held by a human hand, which gives it some scale.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The context image shows the person who is holding the key, possibly a saint. There is no gloss that provides the Nahuatl term for key, but this key looks enough similar to the one in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco that we are assuming it is the same type.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Mexicanus, Codex (Mxnus)
Date of Manuscript: 

1590

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

(unknown)

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

keys, llaves, openers, herramientas, abridores

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlatlapoloni, a key, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlapoloni

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

una llave

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mexicanus, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55005834g/f9.image

Image Source, Rights: 

The non-commercial reuse of images from the Bibliothèque nationale de France is free as long as the user is in compliance with the legislation in force and provides the citation: “Source gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France” or “Source gallica.bnf.fr / BnF.”

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlatlapoloni (MH508r)