Tlapal (MH857v)

Tlapal (MH857v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlapal ("Paint" or "Color") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph is simply a (right-hand) fist that encloses a vertical implement for painting or writing. It comes to a point at the bottom but is somewhat wider at the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Implements for writing and painting are very popular glyphs or glyphic elements in this collection. Incidentally, Tlapal can also mean "a little man," which is seen in another glyph, below. So it is possible that this simplex glyph is phonographic rather than logographic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tlapal

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlapal

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Writing, Literacy
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

escritura, pintura, implemento, escribir, pintar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

tlapalli, paint or a color (nouns), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
tlacuilo, writer, painter, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuilo

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 857v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=787&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: 
See Also: 

Tlapal (MH642r)

Tlacuilo (MH576v)

Amapouhqui (MH515v)

Mocuemicuilo (MH521v)

icuiloa (MH521v)

Tlacuilol (MH505v)

Tlapal (MH717r)