Papa (MH840r)

Papa (MH840r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Papa (perhaps “A Long-Haired Priest”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He has long dark hair. Someone later added even more length to the hair (a revision over the original, in different ink).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of long-haired figures below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo panpā

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo 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

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

Keywords:

priests, sacerdotes, shamanes, pelo largo, nombres de hombres, religión indígena

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

papa(itl), a long-haired priest or the long hair itself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/papaitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cabello Largo (de un tipo de sacerdote)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 840r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=754&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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