papalotl (MH858r)

papalotl (MH858r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

Here’s the text to copy and paste: This simplex glyph for the noun papalotl (butterfly) is a duplicate of the glyph for the personal name Yohualpapalotl (MH858r).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Insects & Bugs
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

mariposas, insectos

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

tamal(li), a tamale, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tamalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

tamal

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 858r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=788&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: 

Yohualpapalotl (MH858r)

papalotl (MH908r)