Xochiatlapal (MH812r)

Xochiatlapal (MH812r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xochiatlapal (perhaps “Flower's Leaf”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a flower (xochitl) on the left with a leaf (atlapalli) on the right--also on the side (-tlapalli). The leaf has curving lines on it that give it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The term atlapalli can also refer to birds' wings. Another similar glyph in this collection has a slightly different spelling in its gloss, Xochatlapal. Perhaps the extra "i" in this example here is intended as a possessive indicator.

Added Analysis, 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:

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

plantas, hojas, flores, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl
atlapal(li), leaf or wing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlapalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hoja de Flor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 812r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=698&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:

"b" for p or f

"e" for i

dropped "o"

Historical Contextualizing Image: