Mahuilo (MH711r)

Mahuilo (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Mahuilo (perhaps, “Dissolute”), is shown here as pertaining to a man. The glyph looks like a fancy, hand-held fan with what appear to be layers of flowers with some yellow highlighting. The (right) hand (maitl), is holding onto a vertical yellow stick that attaches to the fan. The hand may be a phonetic indicator that the name starts with Ma-.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another similar fan in this collection is the Cuicamaxochitl (see below). These fans may relate to dancing and singing.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

comportamiento, abanico de flores, nombres de hombres

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

mahuiloa, dissolute, showing bad morals or behavior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mahuiloa
mai(tl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Inmoral

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&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: 

Cuicamaxochitl (MH517v)