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Sign Type
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Simplex Glyph
Compound Glyph
Element from a Compound
Notation
Iconography
Glyph Name:
Is equal to
Contains
Contains any word
Contains all words
Starts with
Ends with
Any Field contains ...
No Field contains ...
Description contains ...
Description does NOT contain ...
Added Analysis contains ...
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Cultural Content:
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Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Appearance
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Beverages
Birth order
Blood (human/animal/plant)
Body postures
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena
Ceramics, Pottery
Children, Childhood, Adolescence
Chocolate, Cocoa, Cacao
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Cochineal (nocheztli)
Color names
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Corn, Maize
Crime, Punishment
Death, decay, decomposition
Dirt, Sand, Soil
Disabilities
Dreams, Visions
Education, Knowledge, Wisdom
Emotions
Excretions (bodily, human or animal)
Face Paint or Tattoos
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Feathers
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Flags, banners
Flowers
Food, Eating, Cooking
Footprint(s), human
Foreigners/Others
Furniture
Gender (female)
Gender (less obviously marked)
Gender (male)
Gestures with hands
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice
Hair (human or animal)
Hair pulling
Health, Medicine
Humor (potentially)
Hunting and Fishing
Imperialism (Indigenous)
Insignia
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Labor Issues
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Leather, hides
Legal Matters, Documents
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Markets, Commerce, Economy
Measurements, Quantities
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles
Moieties or double place names
Money, Coins, Prices
Mouth/Beak Open
Movement
Music, Song, Dance
Nahuales, Sorcery, Divining
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Names (places)
Nudity
Numbers, Math
Occupations
Paper
Personality, Behavior
Plants, Flora
Politics, Power, Governance
Protest, Resistance
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Religion (Indigenous)
Rope, cord
Rubber
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Sensory Perception
Sexuality, Fertility
Shells
Slavery
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Sports, Games, Leisure
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Theater, Drama
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Toys
Transportation, Travel, Roads
Tributes, Taxation, Service
Turquoise or Jade
War or Conflict
Water
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Weather, Climate
Wood, wooden things
Writing, Literacy
Manuscript:
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AGI Indiferente General 1529, N37
AGN Hospital de Jesús, leg. 208, exp. 2
AGN Hospital de Jesús, leg. 276, exp. 79
AGN Tierras 1735, exp. 2, f. 108
AGN Tierras 1735, exp. 2, f. 109
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
AGN Tierras 2681, exp. 6, f. 2r
AGN Tierras 2726, exp. 8
AGN Tierras 2773, exp. 8
AGN Tierras 2781, exp. 11
AGN Tierras 2782, exp. 15
Aubin, Codex (Aub)
Azcatitlan, Codex (Azca)
Beinecke Map (BMap)
Borgia, Codex (Borg)
Cempohuallan, RG Map of (CmpRG)
Chavero, Codex (Chav)
Cholollan, RG Map of (CholRG)
Colhuacan, RG Map of (ColRG)
Cruz-Badiano, Codex (CruzBad)
Florentine/Florentinus, Codex (FC)
Huexotzinco, Codex (Huex)
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Ixtlilxochitl, Codex (Ixtlil)
Magliabechi, Codex (Mglb)
Marquesado del Valle, Codex (MdelV)
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Mexicanus, Codex (Mxnus)
Mochitlan, RG Map of (MochRG)
Ocelotzin, Genealogy and Properties of the Descendants of (GPDO)
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Oztoticpac Lands Map (Ozto)
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Sierra/Texupan, Codex (CST)
Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)
Teocaltitlan, San Pablo/Valeriano (TV)
Tepechpan, Tira de (TT)
Tepetlaoztoc, Codex (aka Kingsborough) (TK)
Tetlistacan, RG Map of (TetlRG)
Tira de la Peregrinación (TiraP)
Tistla y Muchitlan, RG Map of (RGTyM)
Tlaxcala, Lienzo de (LTlax)
Tlotzin, Mapa (BnF Mexicain 373)
Tolteca-Chichimeca, Historia (HTC)
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Xolotl, Codex (Xolo)
Yacapitztla, RG Map of (YacRG)
Syntax Category
- Any -
"tzi" for ci
"tzi" for ci
adjective
adverb
aoc
article (in)
atle (negated quantifier or qualifier)
ca syllable (from calli)
conjunction: -on- or -om- (visual)
cuil (tracking)
diminutive (in gloss/text)
diphrasis (visual)
directional (e.g., hual)
full set of teeth (but not -ti-)
hua (from huahuana, two vertical lines)
hua (from huauhtli, amaranth)
hua (from izhuatl, leaves)
hua (from nahuatl, speech)
hua (from xahua, face paint)
hua (grasping hand)
hua or cua (from cuahuitl)
huei (many marks)
imperfect tense
indefinite "ayac"
indefinite "te"
indefinite "tla"
indefinite reflexive "ne"
ligature -om-/-on- (visual)
ligature -ti- (visual)
line connecting elements
locative (not visual)
locative (not visual, but represented semantically)
locative (visual but silent)
locative (visual not silent)
ne or nen syllable
neologisms (visual, glyphic)
noun(s)
onomatopoetic words
pa/pan/pal syllable from panitl
passive tense
person (first, plural)
person (third, singular)
phrase or sentence
pluralization (visual or textual)
possessive pronoun
possessor suffix (-e)
preposition
preterit tense
pronoun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
reflexive ("no" or "mo")
ten all run together (notation)
ten as two fives (notation)
tzin(tli) as rare diminutive
tzin(tli) as reverential suffix
tzinco as spinoff settlement suffix
verb
visible fragrance or odor
visible movement
visible sound
xi syllable from xihuitl
xo syllable
zan (and zan oc)
Writing Features
- Any -
simplex or element as logogram
simplex or element as phonogram
compound fully logographic
compound fully phonographic
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
undetermined yet
Orthography
- Any -
"a" for e
"au" for a
"b" for m
"b" for p or f
"b" for v or u
"c" for g
"ç" for z or tz
"çe" for ce
"ch" for x
"çi" for ci
"ci" for si
"ci" for tzi
"d" for t
"e" for a
"e" for i
"f" for b
"g" for c, q, or x
"g" for h
"gu" for hu
"h" for c
"i" for e
"j" for i
"l" for ll
"l" for r
"l" for tl
"ll" for l
"n" for m (before p)
"nn" for n
"o" for u or uh
"p" for b, u, or v
"ph" for f, p, or b
"q" for c
"r" for l
"s" for ch
"s" for j
"s" for x
"s" for z
"sh" for ch
"ss" for s
"t" for d
"t" for tl
"t" for tt
"tç" for tz
"th" for t, d, or gd
"th" for tl
"tl" for l
"tl" for tli
"tli" for tl
"tz" for ç
"tz" for z
"tzi" for ci
"u" for b or v
"u" for hu
"u" for o
"v" for b
"v" for o
"v" for u, uh, or hu
"x" for j
"xp" or "xpo" for Cris, Crist, Cristo
"y" for i
"z" for tz
"z" for x
"zi" for ci
dropped "a"
dropped "c"
dropped "e"
dropped "g"
dropped "h"
dropped "i"
dropped "l"
dropped "m"
dropped "n"
dropped "o"
dropped "uh"
dropped "x"
dropped "y"
intrusive "c"
intrusive "h" or "hu"
intrusive "i"
intrusive "l"
intrusive "n"
intrusive "u"
intrusive "v"
intrusive "y"
intrusive cedilla
intrusive overbar
Semantic Category
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allograph
calendrics
day name
deity name/theonym
graphic syllepsis
homophony, rebus
month name
numbers
personal name
phonetic dimensions
phonetic possibilities
place name
polyvalence
semantic complement
semantic indicator
title/office
year name
Shapes
- Any -
3/4 view
A-shapes (any direction)
bell-shaped (on its side)
bell-shaped (upright)
bent
bifurcated
bird's eye view
border pattern
boxed in
C-shapes
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
circle, circular or rounded
crenelated
crescent
cross (+)
cross (x)
cross-sectioned object
curving, curvy, curved
diagonal or angled
diamond shape(s)
diminutive (visual)
disarray
dotted, granular, textured
elevation view
emphasis/exaggeration (relative, intentional)
facing downward
facing left
facing right
facing upward
figure-8 shape
foamy, frothy, bubbly
fringed
frontal view
hash marks (maize connection)
horizontal
L-shapes
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
linear or multiple straight lines
M-shapes
magnifier/multiplier (visual)
mosaic
O-shapes (any direction)
oval (see also leaf shaped)
perspective
pointed (see also spiky)
profile view
pyramidal
quincunx or quatrefoil
rectangular
right angle(s)
roots are visible
S-shapes (any direction)
scalloped edges
segmented
shading and parallel line hatching
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
size (relative, intentional)
spiky
spiny
spiral as rectangular
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
spotted or mottled
stepped
striped
symmetry
T-shapes
thatched roof
three-dimensionality
tied, bound, or bundled
trapezoidal
triangular
tripartite
twisted or entwined
U-shapes (any direction)
V-shapes, or wedge
vertical, upright
volute(s)
wavy
woven
wrinkles
X-shapes
Y-shapes
zigzag
Colors
- Any -
black
black & white drawing (no color)
blue (sky blue)
blue (turquoise)
brown
gray
green (dark)
green (light)
orange/terracotta
pink
purple
purple (light)/lavender
red
tan
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Number of Elements
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2
3
4
5
Other / Comments
Compound Glyph Reading Order
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inherent/internal/merged
downward
upward
back to front
front to back
left to right
right to left
outward (from inside out)
inward (from outside in)
multidirectional
undetermined as yet
Outside Influences
- Any -
Guatemalan
Huaxtec
Matlatzinca
Mixtec
Oaxacan
Otomí
Spanish/European
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