Mapipich (MH711r)

Mapipich (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Mapipich (“A Whistle Made With the Hand”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a human hand reaching up to the lips of the tribute payer. The index finger is extra long and curving with the apparent intention to suggest that the person is making a whistling sound (mapipichtli) by using that finger. The hand also has shading, which gives it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
visible sound
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Body postures
Gender (male)
Gestures with hands
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sensory Perception
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
three-dimensionality
Keywords: 

chiflar, silbar, manos, dedos, nombres de hombre

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

mapipich(tli), a whistle involving the hand at the lips, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mapipichtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Un Silbido Usando la Mano

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&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: 

tentli (Mdz51r)

maitl (Mdz18r)

maitl (Mdz18r)

Maitl (MH499v)