Tamal (MH835r)

Tamal (MH835r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tamal (“Tamale”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a seven-point star shape that represents a tamalli (tamale). It is wrapped with many small strips, probably made from corn husks.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This star shape for a tamalli is unusual in this collection. Also, note the way it is wrapped. Today much larger pieces of corn husk are used to wrap the corn dough. This image from (a href=”https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Havane_%281%29_Tamales_pli%C3...”>Wikimedia does show the thin strips of husk being used to tie a tamale that is wrapped in larger husks.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

bonipatziyo tamal

Gloss Normalization:

Bonifacio Tamal

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:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Corn, Maize

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

maize, maíz, tamales, atado, envuelto, cáscaras, comida, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tamal(li), tamale, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tamalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tamal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=744&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:

"ph" for f, p, or b

"tzi" for ci

intrusive "y"

Historical Contextualizing Image: