Ayollo (MH827v)

Ayollo (MH827v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ayollo (literally “Water-Heart”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a heart with a curling top that is a shape reminiscent of the end of a stone. Below this are two horizontal stripes, and then an oval-shaped black center for the heart. Most of the heart, however, is white. Five rows of wavy horizontal lines, alternating dark and lighter, appear behind the heart and below it, as though the heart is on the water.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The lines for water here are something like the lines of current found in some glyphs for bodies of water. But the small splashing streams that end in droplets or shells are not included in this depiction. In this manuscript from 1560, hearts can show significant European stylistic influence or retain pre-contact shapes (such as this one and the one from the Codex Mendoza). See some other examples of hearts below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo ayolo veve

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Ayollo, Huehue

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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

horizontal

striped

wavy

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

back to front

Keywords:

corazón, corazones, agua, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
yollo(tl), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yolotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

literalmente, Agua-Corazón

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 827v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=729&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).

Orthography:

"l" for ll

"th" for t, d, or gd

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: