tlatlapoloni (MH508r)

tlatlapoloni (MH508r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun "key" (tlatlapoloni) shows a human hand with a long, vertical key, about the length of three or more fists, to give an idea of its proportions. The key has four or five teeth that are on a separate bar attached to the handle. This key also doubles as the glyph for the person who guards things, the tlatlati (and therefore has keys to a special chest, or the like).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This key would be a European introduction.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

keys, llaves

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlatlani, one who guards things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlani
tlatlapoloni, a key, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlapoloni

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la llave

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 508r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=95&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: