Xicalpane (MH884r)

Xicalpane (MH884r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xicalpane (literally, “Possessor of a Cups-Flag”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an upright flag (panitl or pamitl) flying to the viewer’s right. Attached to the right edge of the flag are two cups (xicalli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Further research is required to know whether this name has a literal meaning or refers to something else, just as xicalpapalotl and xicalcoliuhqui have meanings quite removed from gourd bowls.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o. xicalpane

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Xicalpane

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)

visual plural (multiples of objects)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Flags, banners

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

vertical, upright

Keywords:

jícaras, banderas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

pan(itl), flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
xical(li), gourd vessel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

literalmente, Poseedor de una Jícara-Bandera

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=840&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).

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