Patlan (MH680v)

Patlan (MH680v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Patlan (perhaps “He Flew” or “It Flew”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a vertical flag (pamitl or panitl) in profile, tied to a pole, flying toward the viewer’s right. The flag provides a phonetic indication for the start to the name, Pa-. Below the flag is a jaw with teeth (tlantli), which provides a phonetic indication for the -tlan ending to the name. Thus, this is a compound that is fully phonetic.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another example of a glyph for Patlan in this collection shows a bird flying downward. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Flags, banners
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
tied, bound, or bundled
vertical, upright
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

volar, verbos, pretérito, nombres de hombres

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

patlani, to fly, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlani
pan(itl), flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/paniitl
tlan(tli), tooth or teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Voló

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 680v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=441&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: 

Patlan (MH640r)