Amanal (MH870r)

Amanal (MH870r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amanal (“Whirlpool”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a swirling body of water (amanalli), perhaps a whirlpool. Around the perimeter are short lines that are suggestive of vibrance (visual movement, shine).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The marks around the whirlpool are reminiscent of tonalli (sun-generated shine, solar energy). See some of the glyphs for the name Atonal, for example.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po. amanal

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Amanal

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)
rays (e.g., tonalli, tonatiuh, or ilhuitl)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

remolinos, estanques, charcos, tanques, agua, brillar, nombres de hombres

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

amanal(li), a pool or tank of water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amanalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Remolino

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 870r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=812&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: 

amanalli (CmpRG)

Atonal (MH624v)

Atonal (MH625v)

Atonal (MH626v)

Atonal (MH665r)