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 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. 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 wings.

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: 
three-dimensionality
frontal view
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: 
See Also: 

atlapalli (MH524v)