Olin (MH532r)

Olin (MH532r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Olli or Olin (“Rubber" or "Movement," attested here as a man’s name) shows a black rubber ball (ol(li)] in the middle of the symbol for movement (olin). While the gloss says "Olli," the final "n" could easily have dropped away inadvertently, and the desired name could be Olin. Whichever the name it, Olli or Olin, both elements appear in this compound. One is the phonetic indicator and the other is a phonetic complement, given that these terms are near homophones.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pablo olli

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Olin (or Olli)

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
personal name
homophony, rebus
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Rubber
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
cross (x)
pointed (see also spiky)
quincunx or quatrefoil
symmetry
triangular
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inward (from outside in)
Keywords: 

rubber, hule, movement, movimiento

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

ol(in), movement/motion; can refer to an earthquake or temblor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin
ol(li), rubber, or rubber ball, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Movimiento, o El Hule

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 532r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=143&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: 

olli (Mdz13r)

olli (Mdz16r)

Olin (MH486v)

Olin (MH491r)

olin (Mdz40r)

Olin (MH625v)

Olin (MH856v)

Olin (MH834v)