Tizapapalotl (MH879v)

Tizapapalotl (MH879v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tizapapalotl (“Chalk-Colored Butterfly”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal or bird’s eye view of a butterfly with its wings spread. It has two antennae that curve inward toward the head.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

It is unclear if this butterfly is anything more than one of a certain color, but the butterfly has some relationship to Ecatl (or Ehecatl, the divine force of the wind), as the two names sometimes merge. The butterfly also has a connection to obsidian, given the recurring name Itzpapalotl (the Earth-Mother divine force), and to fire (e.g., Tlepapalotl). Warfare associations include the warrior costume of the butterfly.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. tiçapapalotl

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Tizapapalotl

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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

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

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

mariposas, insectos, volar, tiza, color blanco, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tizapapalo(tl), a chalk-colored butterfly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tizapapalotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Mariposa Color Tiza

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 879v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=831&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:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: