tonalli (MH591v)

tonalli (MH591v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element representing tonalli shows a circular sun with a human face. The circle is formed from short black lines that radiate out, like rays of sun light and warmth. These are much like the rays of shimmer in other glyphs in this manuscript.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tonal

Gloss Normalization: 

tonal

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

sun, sol, face, cara, shine, brillar, gleam, shimmer, rayos, luminosidad, lustre, fulgor

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

tonal(li), the sun and a solar-derived animating force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Sol, o Una Fuerza Animadora Personal

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 591v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=262&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: 

Atonal (MH487v)

Xochitonal (MH568r)

Cuauhtzitzimitl (MH497v)

Totonametl (MH536v)

Tonal (MH881r)