Popol (MH719r)

Popol (MH719r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Popol (perhaps “Spender”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a group of coins, which suggests the verb, popoloa, to spend.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See the representation of the verb popoloa from the Codex Mendoza, below. In that glyph, the hand adds to the suggestion of spending money.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Money, Coins, Prices
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

dinero, monedas, gastar, nombres de hombres

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

popoloa, to spend or to destroy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/popoloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Gastador o Derrochador

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 719r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=516&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).

Orthography: 
"r" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

popoloa (Mdz25r)