papalotl (MH544r)

papalotl (MH544r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting, made entirely in black (for a specific reason), of the noun papalotl ("butterfly"), is a double of the compound glyph Tlilpapalotl (see below). The butterfly is facing to the reader's right. Its wings are raised as though in flight. A spiral emerges from its face.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 544r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=167&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: 

Tlilpapalotl (MH544r)

Papalotl (MH608r)

Yohualpapalotl (MH858r)