tlacuiloque (MH520r)

tlacuiloque (MH520r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the occupation of tlaquiloque (or tlaquiloqueh with the glottal stop), the plural of tlacuilo, notary, painter, or writer. It shows a human hand holding a paintbrush at an angle. The brush is very thin. The top of the implement has a round knob. The hand is in a kind of fist position.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tlacuiloq~

Gloss Normalization:

tlacuiloque

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

cuil (tracking)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Gender (male)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

pointed (see also spiky)

diagonal or angled

Keywords:

writers, painters, escritores, pintores

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlacuilo, writer/painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el escribano, el pintor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 520r, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=119&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).