Xocpal (MH564r)

Xocpal (MH564r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xocpal (“Sole of the Foot,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a foot in profile, looking toward the viewer's right, with a partial leg above it. The sole of the foot is not visible, but apparently there is an understanding that it is there.

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

planta del pie, sole of foot, feet, pies

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

xocpal(li), the sole of the foot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xocpalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Planta del Pie

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 564r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=207&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

xo (Mdz2r)

xo (Mdz2r)