Olin (MH501r)

Olin (MH501r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Olin (“Movement” or "Earthquake," attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of what looks like a partial wheel, with the top and bottom sections cut away. The result is something like a black ball (olli) with two checkered wings.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

While the gloss gives "olli" (rubber or rubber ball), the nature of the sign is more akin to olin (movement), so the final "n" is being read as intrusive. That said, the black ball (olli) in the center provides a phonetic indicator for the near homophone (olin), movement.

Olin was a day name in the 260-day divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli in Nahuatl. This calendar had a role in various Mesoamerican religions, including the Mixtec.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego
olli

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Olin

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: 
calendrics
day name
phonetic dimensions
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

movement, movimiento, rubber, hule, balls, pelotas

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

ol(in), movement or earthquake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=81&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: 
"ll" for l
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Olin (MH834v)