Itzonpapa (MH902r)

Itzonpapa (MH902r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itzonpapa (perhaps “The Priest’s Hair”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human eye (ixtli), serving as a phonetic indicator for the Itz- start to this name, given that ixt- is semi-homophonic with itz. Black hair (tzontli) hangs down from below the eye. The point seems to be to refer to the long hair of the papaitl (a minister or priest).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See below for examples of glyphs for papa, papain, and papaitl.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Ju^o. ytzonpapa

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Itzonpapa

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:

ix, is, iz, or itz syllable (from ixtli)

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

pelo largo, cabello, ojos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ix(tli), eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
papa(itl), an Indigenous minister or priest, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/papaitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pelo del Sacerdote

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 902r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=876&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).

Orthography:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: