Ithualpanecatl (MH569v)

Ithualpanecatl (MH569v)
Compound Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or ethnicity (“Person from Ithualpan,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a square that could be taken as a bird's eye view of a patio (ithualli). In the middle of the patio is a footprint that would represent the -pan part of the name (meaning "on the patio"). The -ecatl part of the name is not visual, but it suggests that this could be an affiliation with a town or a place called "On the Patio," in other words, a person from Ithualpan. Given the micropatriotism associated with the altepetl or even smaller socio-political entities, this was an ethnicity of sorts. This name or ethnicity is attested here as belonging to a man.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For other patios, see below. Regarding the orthography, it is worth noting that the "th" of ithualli does not have a pronunciation like the "th" of "the" in Englisy. The "h" is silent. It seems optional in the spelling of the word.

Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tetepotztoca, totoco, -tihui, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

pe^o ytualpanecatl

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Pedro Ithualpanecatl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

rectangular

right angle(s)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

patios, footprints, huellas, icximachiyotl, xocpalli, icxipamitl, ethnicity, ethnicities, etnicidades, nombres de hombres, fonetismo, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ithual(li), patio, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ithualli
-pan, in or on, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pan
-catl, affiliation, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él de Ithualpan

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 569v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=218&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).

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