Xipal (MH632v)

Xipal (MH632v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xipal (perhaps "Lips") is attested here as the name of a woman. It is presented entirely phonetically, with the Xi- coming from turquoise (xihuitl) tesserae and the -pal coming from banner (panitl). A turquoise banner would more likely be Xipan, which is also found in this collection. More research into these constructions would be useful. Juan José Batalla Rosado (2021, 477) discusses the xi- syllable, which is somewhat rare and very important.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria
xipal

Gloss Normalization: 

María Xipal

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
pa/pan/pal syllable from panitl
xi syllable from xihuitl
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Flags, banners
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
rectangular
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

lips, labios, flags, banners, banderas, wall, pared, nombres de mujeres

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

xipal(li), lips, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xipalli
xihu(itl), turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
pan(itl), flag or banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
pam(itl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Labios

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=347st=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: 

Xipal (MH796r)

Xipal (MH632r)

Xipan (MH543v)

panitl (Mdz20r)

Quetzalxiuh (MH531v)

Xiuhnel (MH518r)