Panchimalcatl (MH869v)

Panchimalcatl (MH869v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Panchimalcatl (“Person from Panchimalco”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle that has internal lines, including smaller circles. It looks something like a bead, perhaps a chalchihuitl (green stone). But one might expect a flag (panitl) and/or a war shield (chimalli) to represent the place name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph requires further analysis. There is a Panchimalco in the modern state of Morelos, Mexico, and another one in the municipality of San Salvador, El Salvador.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po pan chimalcatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Panchimalcatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

banderas, escudos, etnicidades nombres de lugares, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Persona de Panchimalco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 869v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=811&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).

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