Ixpin (MH499r)

Ixpin (MH499r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ixpin ("Small Face") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a frontal view of a simplified face (the noun ixtli can stand for eye or face)--just a circle with dots for eyes, nose, and mouth. The -pin suffix probably comes from the adjective pintic, small. It does appear to be visually diminutive.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

nicolas
ixpin

Gloss Normalization: 

Nicolás Ixpin (or Ixpi, if the final "n" is intrusive)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
diminutive (visual)
dotted, granular, textured
oval (see also leaf shaped)
frontal view
Keywords: 

eyes, ojos, faces, caras, pequeño, pequeña

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

ix(tli), face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
pintic, small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pintic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Guardián

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 499r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=77&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: 

ixtli (MH484v)

ixtli (MH485v)