Papalotecatl (MH733r)

Papalotecatl (MH733r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnic affiliation, Papalotecatl (“Person from Papalotlan") is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a butterfly (papalotl) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The tlacuilos of the Matrícula de Huexotzinco usually painted butterfly glyphs in a profile view. This one is especially detailed and well executed. See below for two examples where butterflies appear in a frontal or bird’s eye view.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

mariposas, afiliacíon, etnicidad, barrios, pueblos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

papalo(tl), butterfly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/papalotl
-tecatl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Papalotlan)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 733r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=544&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: