Cazmal (MH564r)

Cazmal (MH564r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cazmal (attested here as a man’s name) has yet to be translated. It shows a vertical stack of two diamond shapes, each one with a vertical line dividing it in half. One can imagine it as something that might spin in the wind.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other glyphs with diamond shapes include the name glyphs for Xiuhnel, which are (apparently) turquoise pieces that were used in mosaics.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo cazmal

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Cazmal

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)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Toys
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diamond shape(s)
symmetry
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

diamonds, diamantes

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

malaca(tl), a spinning device, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/malacatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 564r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=207&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: 

Xiuhnel (MH483r)

Xiuhnel (MH497v)