Chapol (MH617v)

Chapol (MH617v)
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. The glyph shows a profile view of a grasshopper (chapolin) facing toward the viewer's right. Its wings and legs are raised, suggesting motion.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

chapol

Gloss Normalization: 

Chapol

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
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
segmented
Keywords: 

chapulines, insectos, insects, nombres de hombres

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

chapol(in), grasshopper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chapolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Chapulín

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 617v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=317st=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 (MH519r)

Chapol (MH563r)

chapolin (Mxnus35)

Chapol (MH753r)