tonalli (MH544v)

tonalli (MH544v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the tonalli (day, sun, solar personal animating force) element of the compound personal name Atonal has a quincunx shape, something like a flower with four petals with a short stick (ray of the sun?) between each one. Each petal also has a small circle in the center, and a fifth small circle appears at the place where the four petals come together. These small circles keep the eye moving around the glyph, seemingly adding shimmer or movement

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph has some iconographic overlap with Teochimati and flower shape on some Icuilol (to paint) glyphs.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena
Flowers
Movement
Religion (Indigenous)
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
quincunx or quatrefoil
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

day, día, sun, sol, cardinal points, cosmos, puntos cardinales, tonal

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 554v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=188&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).

See Also: 

Atonal (MH554v)

Tonal (MH528v)

tonalli (MH559v)

Texochimati (MH525v)

Texochimati (MH537r)

Chalchiuh (MH632r)

tonalli (Mdz12r)

Tlamauhco (MH660r)