Tonal (MH818r)

Tonal (MH818r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tonal (“Sun”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle for the sun (tonalli), with eleven pointy rays dripping down from the circle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The sun is a common visual for Tonal glyphs. Often the circle has an anthropomorphic face. Sometimes the sun is a quincunx shape. See some examples below, but the full range is preferably pulled up through a search.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio tonal

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Tonal

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

soles, círculos, rayos, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Sol

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 818r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=710&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tonal (MH881r)

Tonal (MH882r)

Tonal (MH647v)

Tonal (MH709v)

Tonal (MH709v)

Tonal (MH784v)

Tonal (MH528v)