Yopi (MH632r)

Yopi (MH632r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yopi (the name of a divine force with close associations with Xipe Totec, attested here as a man's name) consists of a triangular shape criss-crossed with mesh-like lines. At the bottom center of the triangular shape is another, smaller triangular shape that is cut out.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another glyph for Yopi in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco appears on f. 633v. (See below.) Notice, too, how Yopi and Xipe signs have some similarities (also below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juo
yopi

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Yopi

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: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
triangular
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
frontal view
Keywords: 

Xipe Totec, Yopi, Yopico, Yopica, deidades, nombres de deidades, nombres de hombres, nombres de personas

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

Yopi, a deity or a divine force with close associations to Xipe Totec, also a hairstyle associated with the divine force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yopi

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

nombre de una fuerza divina

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=346&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xipe (Mxnus26)

Yopi (MH633v)