Pipitz (MH492r)

Pipitz (MH492r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a simplex glyph for the personal name of a baptized Nahua man, Diego Pipitz ("Laughing Gull"), is the head of a bird, shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has a slim head and a fairly long beak. Its visible eye is open, but the beak is closed.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This bird name, with its reduplication in the gloss (though not in the visual representation), would seem to be onomatopoetic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego pipitz

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Pipitz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
onomatopoetic words
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

birds, pájaros, seagulls, gaviotas, names, nombres, hombres

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

pipitz(tli), Laughing Gull, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pipitztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Gaviota Risueña(?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 492r, World Digital Library,
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=63&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: