Chapol (MH535r)

Chapol (MH535r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chapol is attested here as a man's name. It shows a grasshopper (chapolin) in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its head is up, and its mouth is open. Its legs are reading forward, and its wings are raised, all suggesting motion.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juan.chapol

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Chapol

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

insects, insectos, food, comida, chapulines, nombres de hombres

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

chapolin, grasshopper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chapolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Chapulín

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 535r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=149&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: 

chapolin (Mdz32r)

Chapol (MH753r)