Xipal (MH632v)

Xipal (MH632v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xipal (perhaps "Lips") is attested here as the name of a woman. It is presented entirely phonetically, with the Xi- coming from turquoise (xihuitl) tesserae and the -pal coming from banner (panitl).

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria
xipal

Gloss Normalization: 

María Xipal

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: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
pa/pan/pal syllable from panitl
xi syllable from xihuitl
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Flags, banners
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
rectangular
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

lips, labios, flags, banners, banderas, wall, pared, nombres de mujeres

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

xipal(li), lips, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xipalli
xihu(itl), turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
pan(itl), flag or banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/panitl
pam(itl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Labios

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 632r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=347st=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: 

panitl (Mdz20r)

Quetzalxiuh (MH531v)

Xiuhnel (MH518r)