Tlapatl (MH638r)

Tlapatl (MH638r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the pesonal name Tlapatl (a hallucinogenic flower) shows a vertical flower with a scaloped edge at the top and a tripartite sepal with a very short stem.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

For another hallucinogenic plant, see the aquiztli, below.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlapatl

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: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

pahtli, plant, planta, flor, narcotic, narcótica, medicinas, medicines

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

tlapa(tl), a hallucinogenic substance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 638r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=358st=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: 

aquiztli (CruzBad41v)