Topil (MH783v)

Topil (MH783v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or office, Topil (perhaps “Staff of Justice”), is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical–probably wooden–staff that is grasped by a left hand in profile, reaching in from the left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

anthonio topil

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Topil

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Politics, Power, Governance

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

varas, oficios, alguaciles, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

topil(li), a rod, wand, scepter, or staff of office or of justice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/topilli
topile, a constable, one who carried the staff, the job called alguacil in Spanish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/topile

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Vara de Justicia

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=661&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).

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