Yaopilli (MH647v)

Yaopilli (MH647v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yaopilli (perhaps "Noble Combatant") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a war shield, which typically stands for Yao- (combatant or war related), and the face of what may be a noble man (pilli). Pilli can also mean child, but there is nothing particularly child-like about the face. The face is shown in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. The shield is divided in four parts with an X-shaped cross, and each section contains a black dot. The shield has more of a European look than a pre-contact one.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

yaopilli

Gloss Normalization: 

Yaopilli

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
cross (x)
facing right
frontal view
profile view
quincunx or quatrefoil
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
front to back
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

combatientes, guerreros, guerra, nobleza, nobles, escudos, rodelas, nombres de hombres

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

yao(tl), combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
pil(li), a noble person or a child, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Combatiente de la Nobleza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 647r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=377&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: 

pipiltotontin (MH485r)

Yaotl (MH485r)