Xaltepi (MH736v)

Xaltepi (MH736v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xaltepi (perhaps “A Little Sand”) is attested here as a man’s name. If the size of this glyph is notably small, then we might consider this a compound glyph. But that is difficult to determine here, as all the glyphs on this page are small.

Description, 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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

arena, algo pequeño, nombres de hombres

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

xal(li), sand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xalli
tepitzin, a little, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepitzin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Un Poco de Arena

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=551&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: 
intrusive "u"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

xalli (Mdz40r)

Xalton (MH626r)

Xaltetl (MH649r)