Xopanatl (MH836r)

Xopanatl (MH836r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xopanatl (“Summer Waters”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bird’s eye view of a whirlpool with seven short streams of water coming off the swirl. In the middle of the streams are lines of current, showing movement.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

"Summer waters" might refer to the heavy rains and/or to the accumulation of rainwater on the ground. Xopan also refers to green new growth that comes as a result of summer rain. Given that this collection also contains a Xopanteotl (divine force of the summer growing season), this name could have a religious significance.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

benito xopanatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Benito Xopanatl

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
visual movement
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Water
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

lluvia, aguas, verano, rainy season, temporadas, remolinos, nombres de hombres

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

Xopanatl, a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xopanatl-0
xopan, summer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xopan
atl, water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Aguas de Verano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 836r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=746&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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xopanatl (MH812v)

Xopanteotl (MH771r)