Aquil (MH592v)

Aquil (MH592v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Aquil (“Red Maize,” attested here as a man’s name) shows two corn kernels (presumably red). to get the reader to read the term as starting with "A-," the scribe added little, bifurcated sprays of water coming toward the viewer from each kernel. The sprays of water each have lines of current (movement) and droplets at the tips.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juan aguil

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Aquil

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
visible movement
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bifurcated
frontal view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

maize, kernels, mazorca, maíz colorado, food, comida

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

aquil(li), red maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aquilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Maíz Colorado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 592v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=264&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).

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