Tlema (MH519r)

Tlema (MH519r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlema consists of a hand-held incense burner (tlemaitl). It is a frontal view of a long, vertical burner. A human (right) hand holds the long handle toward the bottom. The top of the burner has a round bowl where the incense is burned.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This incense burner appears to be a Nahua religious object from the autonomous era (prior to contact with Christianity), although Christianity also had incense burners. The name Tlema combines the "tle" of tletl (flame, fire) and the "ma" of maitl (hand). The final "n" on the name is implied by the line over the final "a" in the gloss, but that seems incorrect, probably being an intrusive "n." The name is here borne by a man who has been baptized with the Christian name Luis.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

luis tlemā

Gloss Normalization: 

Luis Tlema

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

incense, incensario, sahumadores con remates

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

tlema(itl), an incense ladle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlemaitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Incensario de la Mano

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 519r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=117&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: 
See Also: 

Tlenamacacazolli (MH537r)

Xoma (Verg21v)