panitl (MH490r)

panitl (MH490r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element is a black-line drawing of an upright banner [pan(itl)]. It is a long, thing rectangle attached to a pole. The flag is shown in profile, facing to the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
rectangular
right angle(s)
vertical, upright
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

pan(itl), banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la bandera

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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).

See Also: 

Itzpan (MH490r)

Panhua (MH634r)