Tentlapal (MH669v)

Tentlapal (MH669v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tentlapal (“Red Border”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows lots of black dots (perhaps paint, tlapalli) at the location of the mouth (tentli, lips, mouth) of the tribute payer himself.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Since the tlacuilo for this barrio is using black ink and not coloring his glyphs, it is impossible to know if red is meant, or perhaps just paint. Either way, it seems the elements of the glyph are phonetic indicators for the name, even if it refers to someone who paints his lips, mouth, or chin red (pointing to a semantic meaning). See below for other glyphs that include the element tlapalli, indicated with the color red.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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 phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

borde, orilla, rojo, colorado, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tentlapal(li), red border, or painted border, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentlapalli
ten(tli), lip, edge, border, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli
tlapal(li), painted, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Borde Rojo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 669v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=419&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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