Apan (MH602v)

Apan (MH602v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Apan (“Waterway” or "Canal") is attested here as a man’s name. It is what may be a canal (apantli) with a rectangular, "step-fret" swirl in the center. Above the swirl, in a lighter-colored ink, is a banner (panitl)], which was added as a phonetic clue that this was not just atl (water), but a type of water.

The potential significance of the swirling water is brought home by the name glyph for Tetzauh (omen), which seems to suggest that whirlpools (and perhaps whirlwinds, and the like) create a vortex that connects life on earth with a spiritual realm. See below.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Sometimes swirling water involves a rectangular coil. The potential significance of the swirling water is brought home by the name glyph for Tetzauh (omen), which seems to suggest that whirlpools (and perhaps whirlwinds, and the like) create a vortex that connects life on earth with a spiritual realm. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan apan

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Apan

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

waterways, canals, canales, channels, flags, banderas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Canal

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 602v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=286&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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