Oyohual (MH566v)

Oyohual (MH566v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Oyohualli (“Jingle Bell,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a vertical bell (oyohualli) with two stripes running horizontally across its middle. It has a loop at the top for hanging, and it has an opening at the bottom for the sound to emerge more easily. The clapper is not visible here.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The jingle bell was worn on the legs of dancers/warriors. This bell is something of a cross between the coyolli (clearly an Indigenous bell) and the tzilin (which increasingly took on European features). See examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā oyouali

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Oyohualli

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: 
Gender (male)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sensory Perception
Technology (all types), plus Tools
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
striped
vertical, upright
circle, circular or rounded
bell-shaped (upright)
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

bells, campanas, campanillas, metales, suenan, pinjantes

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

oyohual(li), jingle bell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oyohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Campanilla o Cascabel

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 566v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=212&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: 

coyolli (Mdz44r)

Tzilin (MH486r)

Oyohual (MH495v)

Oyohual (MH498v)

Oyohual (MH499r)

Oyohual (MH666v)