Millan (MH871v)

Millan (MH871v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Millan (“Next to the Milpa”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical rectangle that is empty. It stands for an agricultural parcel, in this case a milli.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

For other glyphs that have a milli element, see below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Gender (male)

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

Keywords:

milpas, agricultura, maíz, parcelas, sementeras, cerca de, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mil(li), agricultural field, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli
-tlan or -lan (locative suffix), by or near, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cerca de la Milpa

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 871v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=815&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:

"l" for r

"r" for l

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: