ilhuitl (Osu14v)

ilhuitl (Osu14v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for a day (ilhuitl) comes from the Codex Osuna, folio 14 verso (or Image 31). It is a circle with a pinwheel effect inside, surrounding a smaller circle with a dot at the center. Around the perimeter of the largest circle are four more, fairly evenly placed, small circles, two red and two blue or green. These perimeter circles also have a dot in the center. The pinwheel part inside the larger circle is multicolored, red, turquoise or green, and white.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
quincunx or quatrefoil
Keywords: 

quincunce, molinillo, círculos, días, calendarios

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

ilhui(tl), day, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilhuitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el día

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ilhuitl (TR1v)

ilhuitl (Azca12)

ilhuitl (Mglb4v)

ilhuitl (Mdz19r)