Tlalpi (MH695v)

Tlalpi (MH695v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalpi (perhaps “Tied”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a knot of white fabric of the type that was typical with loincloths.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tlalpi

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tlalpi

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: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

atar, nudos, taparrabos, nombres de hombres

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

tlalpia, to tie something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalpia
tlalpil(li), something knotted or tied, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlalpilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Atado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 695v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=471&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: 

Maxtla (TR31r)

Maxtla (MH503v)

Tepoliuhcan (MH605r)

Tecuecuetlaxo (MH832v)