Matlal (MH608r)

Matlal (MH608r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Matlal (perhaps "Blue-Green") is attested here as a woman's name. This example of the blue-green flower (matlalin) looks less like a flower and more like a turquoise mosaic.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See other examples of matlalin (as flowers) below. Most have three petals with a point between each pair of petals, but one has four petals, and it is painted a turquoise blue with a dark-pink center.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

magtalena matlal

Gloss Normalization: 

Magdalena Matlal

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: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Color names
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
symmetry
quincunx or quatrefoil
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

colores, azul, verde, flores, quincunxes, mosáicos, nombres de mujeres

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

matlal(in), blue-green color and sometimes a flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlalin-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Color Verde-Azul

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=298st=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: 
"t" for d
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

matlalin (MH486r)

matlalin (MH518v)

Matlalaca (MH486r)

Matlalihuitl (MH518v)

Matlaltzincatl (MH605r)

Matlal (MH681r)