panitl (MH606v)

panitl (MH606v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex for the noun, panitl ("flag"), which doubles as the simplex glyph for the personal name, Panhua (see below).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
rectangular
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

banderas

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

pan(itl), flag, banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 612v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=307st=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).

See Also: 

tecpantli (MH612v)

panitl (MH490r)

panitl (MH525r)

panitl (MH607v)

Panhua (MH634r)