Iztayahual (MH774v)

Iztayahual (MH774v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iztayahual ("Salt Cake") is attested here as a man's name. The salt cake is represented simply as a circle left white or natural. The term for salt cake is literally a white circle, making the glyph entirely logical, and possibly visually phonetic.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o yztayahual

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Iztayahual

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:

phonetic dimensions

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

bird's eye view

Keywords:

sal, producción, nombres de hombres, comida, condimentos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

iztayahual(li), a salt cake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztayahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Pan de Sal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 774v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=623&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:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: