Tonal (MH779r)

Tonal (MH779r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tonal (perhaps “Day” or “Sun”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a sun (tonalli) with an anthropomorphic face in the middle of the central circle. Coming off the circles are sixteen triangular pointed rays.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

When it is compared against suns from earlier manuscripts, the style of this sun suggests European influence. Compare this one with other examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco . tonal

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Tonal

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: 
rays (e.g., tonalli, tonatiuh, or ilhuitl)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

soles, rayos, caras, nombres de hombres

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

tonal(li), day or sun, solar heat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Día, o Sol

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 779r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=632&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: 
intrusive period
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tonal (MH647v)

Tonal (MH528v)