Tlilhua (MH630v)

Tlilhua (MH630v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Tlilhua ("Possessor of Black" or a "Possessor of Ink," here attested as a man's name) shows a blob of black ink. It is rounded at the bottom but comes to a point at the top, shaped something like a drop. Tlilli can translate as black ink, soot, or just the color black. The -hua possessor suffix is not shown visually.

Added Analysis: 

Might the possessor of black ink be a tlacuilo?

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
tlilhua

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlilhua

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
possessive pronoun
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

black, negro, ink, tinta, nombres de hombres

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

tlil(li), black ink, soot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
-hua, possessor of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Posee Tinta Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 630v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=343&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: 

Tlilhua (MH506r)

Tlilhua (MH499v)

Tlilhua (MH525v)

Tlilhua (MH630v)