Teyahualcatl (MH775r)

Teyahualcatl (MH775r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Teyahualcatl (someone from Teyahualco), is attested here as a man's name. The compound includes a stone (tetl), which provides the start to the name. The stone has curly edges and it is half light and half dark. In the middle of the stone is a circle (yahualli), providing the middle part of the name or ethnicity. The final -catl (affiliation suffix) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā teyahualcatl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Teyahualcatl

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

gray

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

striped

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

círculos, redondo, piedras, afiliación, etnicidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

te(tl), stone or rock, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
yahual(li), something round or a base for a jug or pot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yahualli
-catl, a suffix that signifies affiliation, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(persona de Teyahualco)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=624&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).

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