Tliltilma (MH625r)

Tliltilma (MH625r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name Tliltilma ("Black Cloak," attested here as a man's name) shows a rectangular piece of fabric, all black except for a white border. The upper corners have small loops where the wearer could attach the cape or cloak to his neck. This is a man's garment, an attire worn by the elite. It usually fell over one or both shoulders.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Diego
tliltilma

Gloss Normalization:

Diego 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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

tied, bound, or bundled

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

cloaks, capes, capas, mantas, tilmas, textiles, colores, negro, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlil(li), black, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlilli
tilma(tli), man's cape or cloak, 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 625r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=332&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: