Nezahual (MH622r)

Nezahual (MH622r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black and white glyph for the personal name Nezahual ("Ritual Fasting," attested here as a man's name) shows the head of a man in profile, facing the viewer's right. His face is darkened and his short hair is standing on end.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio
neçaval

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Nezahual

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
shading and parallel line hatching
spiky
Keywords: 

penitencia, no comer, penitence, ritual fasting

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

nezahual(li), a ritual fasting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nezahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ayuno Ritual

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 622r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=326st=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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nezahual (MH499v)

Nezahual (MH504v)

Nezahual (MH633v)