Nezahual (MH773r)

Nezahual (MH773r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nezahual (perhaps “Bloodletting”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows two side-by-side triangles with the point downward, and from each triangle a line drops that is almost twice the length of the triangle. These appear to be pointed objects. A line connects the two triangles at the top.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Perhaps these are bloodletting implements. Further analysis is warranted.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gaspar neçaval

Gloss Normalization: 

Gaspar 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: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
triangular
Keywords: 

objetos para el sacrificio, objetos puntiagudos, nombres de hombres

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

nezahual(li),a ritual fasting or vigil; might also include bloodletting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nezahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Flebotomía

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 773r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=620&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nezahual (MH499v)

Nezahual (MH622r)

Nezahual (MH504v)

Nezahual (MH633v)

Nezahual (MH664v)

Nezahualxochitl (MH632v)