Tlahuizcal (MH618v)

Tlahuizcal (MH618v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlahuizcal ("Dawn's Radiance") is attested here as a man's name. It shows what appears to be a half sun, perhaps a rising sun that is bringing the dawn.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The rays of the sun may show some European stylistic influence, although the original tonatiuh (sun) had points.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā tlavizcal

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Tlahuizcal

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:

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiky

pointed (see also spiky)

triangular

circle, circular or rounded

profile view

facing right

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

dawn, auroras, soles, suns, ray, rayos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlahuizcal(li), the dawn's radiance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuizcalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Aurora Resplandiente

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 618v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=319&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: