Nezahual (MH711r)
This black and white painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Nezahual (“Ritual Fasting”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows another man standing in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He is wearing a dark suit of clothing. The connection between this visual and the concept of ritual fasting (nezahualli) remains elusive.
Stephanie Wood
The variety of glyphs for Nezahual in this digital collection does not really help settle the issue of interpretation.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
ayuno ritual, traje negro, nombres de hombres
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nezahual(li), a ritual fasting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nezahualli
Ayuno Ritual
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&st=image
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).
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