Tomiyauh (MH885v)

Tomiyauh (MH885v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tomiyauh (perhaps “Our Maize Tassel”) is attested here as a woman’s name. It is also the name of a divine force that is related to the Tlaloque (sacred forces of rain), and it was a name borne by the wife of Xolotl. The glyph shows a stem with about fourteen petals. It is upright, but it curves to the right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Women’s names are proportionally few in this collection. See other examples of Tomiyauh glyphs, below, which all refer to women.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

luysa tomiyauh

Gloss Normalization: 

Luisa Tomiyauh

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: 
deity name/theonym
personal name
Syntax: 
possessive pronoun (no-, to-, i-, etc.)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Corn, Maize
Flowers
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

maíz, flores, nombres de fuerzas divinas, posesión, nombres de mujeres

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

Tomiyauhtecuhtli,sacred force; "Our Maize Tassel Lord,” https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tomiyauhtecuhtli
to-, our (possessive pronoun), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/node/175783
miyahua(tl), maize tassel-flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miyahuatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nuestro Señor La Borla de Maíz (nombre de mujer)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 885v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=843&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: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tomiyauh (MH554v)

Tomiyauh (MH619r)