Xical (MH501r)

Xical (MH501r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xical (“Cup,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of what is likely a ceramic cup (xicalli) with a pedestal. It is left natural, not decorated. Something black, in the shape of a spade as might be seen in a deck of cards, hovers over the cup. But that may be inadvertent.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

francisco
xical

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Xical

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: 
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

cups, bowls, vessels, tazas, tazones, cuencos

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

xical(li), a gourd vessel, cup, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Jícara

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 501r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=81&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: 

xicalli (Mdz29r)

xicalli (Mdz46r)

xicalli (Mdz23v)

xicalli (Mdz68r)

Payac (MH602v)

Xical (MH765r)