Mapatlac (MH835v)

Mapatlac (MH835v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mapatlac (“Palm of the Hand”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of the underside of the hand, revealing the palm (mapatlactli). This hand (maitl) reveals some details, such as the fingernails, the thenar crease, and the distal wrist crease. The palm is somewhat flat and wide (patlactic).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The flat and wide ear, below, shares the -patlac suffix that this glyph for the palm of the hand has.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anlo. mapatlac

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Mapatlac

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
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: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

palmas, ancho, plano, manos, nombres de hombres

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

mapatlac(tli), the palm of the hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mapatlactli
patlactic, wide and flat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlactic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Palma de la Mano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=745&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).

Orthography: 
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nacazpatlac (MH826r)