panitl (Verg12v)
This black-line drawing of the element panitl (flag, banner) has been extracted from the compound Tlalticpaque. In that compound, it played a phonetic role, providing the sound for the syllable "pa." Here, we are repeating it as a logogram for flag. This flag is forked, or has a "swallowtail" shape. This shows European influence, considering that autonomous-era flags were simple rectangular. This flag also flies to the viewer's left, leaning to the right slightly, and the pole to which it is attached has a cap on it, which also seems European.
Stephanie Wood
1539
Jeff Haskett-Wood
banderas, heráldica, siglo XVI
This representation of a banner carried in the Spanish invasion of Mexico comes from the Codex Azcatitlan. This image has been taken from one page; it is hosted by Wikimedia.
pan(itl), flag, banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
la bandera
Stephanie Wood
Codex Vergara, folio 12v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f32.item.zoom
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