Yohual (MH488r)

Yohual (MH488r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yohual ("Night") is attested here as a man's name. It is what appears to be a black ball of yarn or cordage. The ball could serve as a phonetic complement, given that it is something round (yahualli). And night is yohualli, so they are near homophones.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, men's names

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

yohualli, night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 488r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=55&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: 

Yohualahuech (MH624v)

Yohual (MH503r)

Yohual (MH568v)

Yohual (MH618v)

Yohual (MH877r)

Yohualxoch (MH885v)

Yohualxoch (MH632v)

Yohualxoch (MH546r)