Tlapaltecatl (MH832r)

Tlapaltecatl (MH832r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black, white, and red drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlapaltecatl (perhaps "Person from Tlapallan") is attested here as a man's name. The translation is elusive, as the glyph is difficult to identify. It looks a little bit like a nopalli cactus with a flower on top. That it is red (tlapalli) is important. The -tecatl suffix of affiliation is rarely shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

There was a famous warrior called Tlapaltecatl Opochtzin who wore regalia that involved dressing like a quetzal-owl and fighting against the invading Spaniards in the early sixteenth century. See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary entry for Tlapaltecatl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā tlapaltecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Tlapaltecatl

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:

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

frontal view

Keywords:

rojo, persona de tlapallan, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tlapaltecatl, name, ethnicity, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapaltecatl
tlahpal(li), strength, force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahpalli
tlapalli, red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
-tecatl, a person from, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Tlapallan

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 832r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=738&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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