Papalotl (MH533r)

Papalotl (MH533r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Papalotl ("Butterfly," attested here as a man's name) shows a butterfly in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Its head is upright and rear end straight down. It shows two raised legs, two straight antennae, and one curling proboscis. Its wings are divided.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

alonso papalutl

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Alonso Papalotl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Insects & Bugs
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

butterflies, mariposas, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Mariposa

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 533r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=145&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: 
See Also: 

papalotl (Mdz20v)

Papalotl (MH608r)

Yohualpapalotl (MH858r)