Temazcalli (MH905v)

Temazcalli (MH905v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Temazcalli (“Steam Bath”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a building, presumably a steam bath (temazcalli). In front of this building is what may be a bird’s eye view of an atrium, a small enclosure.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This temazcalli differs from other examples in this collection (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

yllamatque maria temazcalli

Gloss Normalization:

ilamatque, María Temazcalli (and more names to follow)

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:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

Keywords:

casas de sudor, baños de vapor, arquitectura, limpieza, bañarse, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

temazcal(li), steam bath house or a sweat house, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temazcalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Casa de Vapor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 905v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=883&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

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: