Xical (MH525r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xical (“Gourd Cup,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a rounded cup with a short, wide pedestal. This cup has no decoration.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Gloss Image:
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:
juan xical
Gloss Normalization:
Juan Xical
Gloss Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Keywords:
cups, tazas, tazón, jícaras, vasos
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
xical(li), gourd vessel, cup, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicalli
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:
La Jícara
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 525r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=129&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).
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