Patlanallan (Mdz40r)

Patlanallan (Mdz40r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the place name Patlanallan consists of a green bird flying upwards. Its wings are open, as is its beak. The bird is primarily painted a two-tone green, although the beak and legs/feet are gray, and the eye is gray and white. The locative suffix -tlan is not pictured; when combined with the stem ending in "l," the -tlan loses its "t."

Added Analysis:

The noun flight can be patlanalli), according to an undated dictionary of Veracruz Nahuatl, Tlahtolnechikolli: Diccionario Nawatl Moderno/Español de Zongolica, Veracruz, ed. Eutiquio Gerónimo Seanchez, et al. (n.d.). A synonym given is patlanaliztli. Both of these terms are based on the verb, to fly (patlani).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

patlanalā. pu^o

Gloss Normalization:

Patlanallan, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

place name

Syntax:

locative (not visual)

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Mouth/Beak Open

Names (places)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing upward

Keywords:

birds, pájaros, vuelo, flight, flying, volando

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

patlanal(li), flight, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlanalli
patlani, to fly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlan
-tlan (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Karttunen’s Interpretation:

"Place of Flight" [Frances Karttunen, unpublished manuscript, used here with her permission.]

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

"Where There is Much Flying" (Berdan and Anawalt, 1992, vol. 1, 198)

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

"El Lugar Donde Se Vuela"

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 40 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 90 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).