Itzpan (MH490r)

Itzpan (MH490r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Itzpan (perhaps "On the Obsidian") shows an upright flag or banner (panitl) blowing to the viewer's right. The upright, rectangular banner has a segmented right edge, with short horizontal lines, perhaps suggesting obsidian blades (itztli). The decipherment here requires further thought.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

alonso ytzpā

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Itzpan

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
rectangular
right angle(s)
segmented
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

banderas, obsidiana

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

pan(itl), banner/flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
itz(tli), obsidian, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 490r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=59&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: 

Itzcoatl (TR29r)

Itzcoatzin (Mdz19r)