Olchical (MH501r)

Olchical (MH501r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Olchical ("Elotes" o "Mazorcas," attested here, attested as a man’s name) shows two corn or maize cobs or ears. One is pointing upward, and one downward. The kernels have been indicated with quick, wavy lines. The shape of the cobs involves a rounded bottom and a pointed top.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
olchical

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Olchical

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Corn, Maize
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
facing downward
facing upward
frontal view
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
segmented
Keywords: 

maize, maíz, corn, cobs, ears, mazorcas, elotes

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

olchical(li), a bunch of cobs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olchicalli
tlaol(li), dried corn kernels, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Elotes, o Mazorcas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 502r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cintli (Mdz49r)

cintli (Mdz34r)

xilotl (Mdz26r)

xilotl (MH487r)