Papa (MH623r)

Papa (MH623r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-and-white drawing of the personal name for Papa (a type of priest with long and/or tangled hair) shows the head of a man in profile (facing right) with slightly long, unruly hair.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Long hair had a religious significance. See other examples below. The name Papan is also a possibility for this person, perhaps, given that Papan ("Flags") is known in various sources for both men and women. If Papan is meant, the final "n" has inadvertently dropped away from the gloss. More likely, the name is Papa, short for papaitl or papahuaqui (the latter seems to refer to the hair, one who possesses that type of hair).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Diego
papa

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Papa

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
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (female)
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

padres, papás, glifos préstamos, prestados del español, nombres de hombres, nombres de mujeres, princesas

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

papa(itl), a priest with long hair, https://tlachia.iib.unam.mx/glifos/papaitl
papahuaqui, a priest with tangled hair, https://tlachia.iib.unam.mx/glifos/papahuaqui
Papan, flag, a name for both females and males, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/papan

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 623r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=328st=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: 

Papaitl (MH522v)

Papa (MH633r)

papaitl (Mdz52r)