Mimil (MH545r)

Mimil (MH545r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This green and white painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mimil (perhaps "Milpas") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a rectangular agricultural field (milli) with a white agricultural tool (huictli) lying on the field, in the middle, at an angle. Four or more clumps of grass are spread around the green field.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo mimil

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Mimil

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
green (light)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
diagonal or angled
boxed in
Keywords: 

sementeras, tierras, milpas, coas, herramientas, agricultura, nombres de hombres

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

mil(li), agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli
huic(tli), agricultural tool, digging stick, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huictli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 545r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=169&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
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

huictli (Mdz64r)

milpa (CQ)

milpa (CQ)

milli (TR41v)

milli (Mdz41r)