Ithual (MH785v)

Ithual (MH785v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ithual ("Patio") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal and elevation view of a building with a blank square in front (shifting to a bird's eye view) that must intend patio (ithualli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio ytval

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Ithual

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
elevation view
frontal view
rectangular
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, patios, plazas, arquitectura

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

ithual(li), patio, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ithualli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 785v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=645&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ithualli (MH569v)

Ithualpanecatl (MH569v)

Ithual (MH789v)

tecpancalli (Mdz69r)