Calan (MH876r)

Calan (MH876r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Calan (“He Rang Bells”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows two small bells, side by side, each one with a loop at the top for hanging it, and a line above the loops that appears to tie them together. The bells call forth the verb calani, to ring bells.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The other glyph for Calan that appears below shows just one bell. Bells often had a use in dance, whether attached to ankles or to skirts. One bell in this collection shows sound volutes emerging from the hole at the bottom (see Coyolapan, below), much like speech or song might. Other glyphs that show metal bells (for the purpose of searching) are coyolli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

thomas calā

Gloss Normalization: 

Tomás Calan

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)
visual plural (multiples of objects)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

campanas, campanillas, bailar, tocar, sonar, nombres de hombres

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

calani, to ring bells, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calani

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Tocó Campanas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 876r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=824&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Calan (MH837r)