Atzallan (MH496r)

Atzallan (MH496r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Atzallan (here, attested as a man's name) shows water descending from a common origin and dividing. Each side has a swirl or whirlpool, along with straight lines of current. Each side also has a droplet of water splashing off the flows. The person's name starts with A- which relates to the water (atl) here, but what is more, the word aztallantli refers to a watery gorge, and this hint is provided by the gloss.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss appears to have a misplaced "n" in the middle and omits the "n" at the end.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

hernādo
atzālla

Gloss Normalization: 

Hernando Atzallan

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
triangular
Keywords: 

gorges, water, agua, desfiladeros, cañones

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

atzallan(tli), a watery gorge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atzallantli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 496r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=71&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: 

Atlauhpolco (Mdz10r)

Cuetzpaltlatzalan (CQ)

Tlatzalan Tetl Onoc (CQ)