Zacatilma (MH771r)

Zacatilma (MH771r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zacatilma ("Hay Cape" or "Straw Cloak") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph provide a frontal view of a cape that would be tied at the back of a man's neck. It is oval shaped with a criss-cross border and a mesh center. What may be a twisted cord runs around the perimeter of the cape.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

angusti çācatilmā

Gloss Normalization:

Agustín Zacatilma

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Rope, cord

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

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

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

paja, heno, ropa, capa, tilmas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zacatilma(tli), a grass or straw cape, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatilmatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tilma de Paja

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&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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