Xochatlapal (MH779r)

Xochatlapal (MH779r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xochatlapal (perhaps “Flower Leaf”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a flower with an especially large leaf (atlapalli) on one side (-tlapalli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This digital collection also includes the personal name glossed Xochiatlapal, with a slightly different spelling. Perhaps in that case, the added "i" is meant as a possessive indicator.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

mathe^o xochitlapal

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Xochitlapal

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 possibilities

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Color names

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

flores, hojas, nombres de colores, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoch(itl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
-tlapal, on a side, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapal
tlapal(li), paint, dye, color, red, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlapalli
atlapal(li), a leaf or a bird’s wing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlapalli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 779r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=632&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:

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: