Ayauh (MH505v)

Ayauh (MH505v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex personal name Ayauh ("It Has Been Foggy" or perhaps just "Fog," attested here as male) shows a bird's eye view of two concentric circles close together, creating something of a shore around the edge of what appears to be body of water (atl). Surrounding and going over the water are swirling lines, which must refer to the fog (ayauhtli) that is shortened for the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph shares some similarities with the name glyph Chimalayauh (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā
ayauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ayauh

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: 
phrase or sentence
verb
visible movement
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Water
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

fog, weather, niebla, movimiento, clima, tiempo

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

ayahui, to be foggy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayahui
āyauh(tli), fog, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Niebla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 505v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=90&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: 

Chimalayauh (MH496r)