Atle Icuauh (MH602v)

Atle Icuauh (MH602v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Atle Icuauh (“He Has No Wood,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a human (right) hand holding two pieces of wood, probably firewood. The two pieces are crossed slightly. One of the pieces has some shading, giving it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Interestingly, the "atle" negative component of the name is not shown visually. The hand suggests possession, and not the lack of it.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bartasal atle yquauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Atle Icuauh

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
Syntax: 
atle (negated quantifier or qualifier)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Wood, wooden things
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

wood, leña, madera, mano

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

atle, nothing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atle
cuahui(tl), wood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuahuitl
i-, (possessive pronoun), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

No Tiene Leña

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 602v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=286&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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