Xopal (MH711v)

Xopal (MH711v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of a group of five turquoise mosaic pieces is a simplex glyph for the personal name, Xopal (perhaps, “Turquoise Blue-Green”), which is attested here as a man’s name. The tesserae are different sizes and shapes, both rectangles and diamonds.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Tesserae like this are mostly found to stand for Xiuhnel. See below.

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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
Keywords: 

teselas, piezas, turquesa, nombres de hombres

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

xopalectic, very green or blue-green, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xopalectic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Color de Turquesa o Verde

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=501&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: 

Xiuhnel (MH513r)

Xiuhnel (MH518r)

Xiuhnel (MH614v)

Xiuhnel (MH772v)