nahuatl (MH492r)

nahuatl (MH492r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element nahuatl (speech, language) has been extracted from the compound, Tozquihua. In that compound, the speech scrolls seem to have been used to provide a phonetic value for the -hua of Tozquihua. But we are including them here as a logogram for nahuatl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
noun(s)
visible sound
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Keywords: 

volutas, idiomas, discursos

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

nahua(tl), speech, language, something that makes an agreeable sound, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 492r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=63&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).

See Also: 

Tozquihua (MH492r)

nahuatl (Mdz51r)

nahuatl (Mdz23r)

nahuatl (Verg10v)