Itztapalo (MH626r)

Itztapalo (MH626r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itztapalo ("One Who Used Tiles") is attested here as a man's name. It shows an elevation view of a horizontal tile atop a trapezoidal stone.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

peDro
ytztapallo

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Itztapalo

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:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Keywords:

paving stones, flagstones, adoquín. piedra, empedrado, pavimento, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

itztapaloa, to use tiles, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztapaloa
itztapal(li), paving stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Piedra de Pavimento

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 626r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=334&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: