Milnahuatl (MH507r)

Milnahuatl (MH507r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Milnahuatl shows an imperfect square that seemingly represents a small agricultural field (milli) from a bird's eye view. The field has dots, which may indicate that it is cultivated. The remainder of the name (-nahuatl) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The second part of this person's name (-nahuatl) could literally refer to a pleasant sound or to language, given how the contextualizing image shows the small square emerging from the person's mouth. Or, the gloss may really intend -nahuac, which would mean nearby. The small agricultural plot that was called a milpa in Spanish was ubiquitous and close to most Indigenous people's homes.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

thomas
milnavatl

Gloss Normalization:

Tomás Milnahuatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

boxed in

dotted, granular, textured

bird's eye view

rectangular

Keywords:

agricultural fields, parcels, parcelas, agricultura, idiomas, hablar

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mil(li), cultivated field, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli
nahua(tl), something that makes an agreeable sound, or language https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl
nahuac, near or next to, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cerca de la Milpa(?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 507r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=93&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:

"th" for t, d, or gd

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: