atlapalli (MH524v)

atlapalli (MH524v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing with a pink watercolor wash has as its focus the element of two bird wings (atlapalli), which have been carved from the personal name Matlapal (see below). The wings appear to be flapping, suggesting action, movement. They are painted pinkish red, perhaps pointing to a specific, unnamed bird such as the roseate spoonbill.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Syntax:

noun(s)

visible movement

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Movement

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

pink

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

alas, pájaros, color rosado

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

atlapal(li), wings, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

las alas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 524v, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=128&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).