Tlilayatl (MH663v)

Tlilayatl (MH663v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlilayatl (“Black Cloak”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a mostly rectangular piece of fabric, a cloak (ayatl), which is pulled somewhat in the upper two corners. The fabric has what looks like a loose weave, a mesh pattern. It is supposed to be black (tlilli), but it is not painted black even if it is drawn in black ink.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

We are calling this a simplex glyph because it is visually simplex, even if the name seems like a compound. Note the variety of cloaks (ayatl) in the glyphs below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

frontal view

Keywords:

telas, capas, ropa, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlil(li), black, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
aya(tl), cloak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Capa Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 663v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=407&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).

Orthography:

"ll" for l

Historical Contextualizing Image: