Xical (MH689r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xical (“Cup”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a vertical cup with a stem. Near the top edge of the cup are two thin horizontal lines.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Glyphs for the xicalli will show some with stems and some without, some that have curved bottoms, and some that are trapezoidal. See below for some examples.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio.xical

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Xical

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Food, Eating, Cooking

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

striped

vertical, upright

Keywords:

cups, containers, vessels, jícaras, bowls, tazas, tazones, cuencos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Jícara

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 689r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=458&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:

Xical (MH689r)

Xical (MH689r)

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