Xipan (MH543v)

Xipan (MH543v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This white and green drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xipan is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Feathers
Flags, banners
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Turquoise or Jade
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
vertical, upright
horizontal
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

xihu(itl), turquoise, green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
pan(itl), flag, banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
Xipantecuhtli, famous name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xipantecuhtli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 543v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=166&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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