Tliltilma (MH691v)

Tliltilma (MH691v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tliltilma (“Black Cloak” or “Black Blanket”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal rectangle with a mesh pattern that is painted black.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another glyph for Tliltilma (MH625r) has loops in the upper corners. These make it clearer that the textile is a garment that would be tied at a man’s shoulder. The glyph here does not show these loops, which make it more ambiguous as to whether this is a cloak or a blanket.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tliltilma

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tliltilma

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)
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: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
frontal view
horizontal
rectangular
Keywords: 

capas, cobijas, color negro, malla, textiles, ropa, nombres de hombres

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

tlil(li), black or ink, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
tilma(tli), cloak or blanket, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tilmatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tilma Negra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 691v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=463&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: 

Tliltilma (MH625r)