Yohual (MH503r)

Yohual (MH503r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Yohual ("Night," attested here as a man's name) shows a black circle that is completely filled in. Around the circle are four smaller circles, also filled in. These are arranged in such a way that connecting them would result in a cross (+). Finally, in between each of these are yet smaller black dots. There are only three of these smallest dots. It is as though there was going to be a fourth and final one, but the painter got distracted.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If the large black circle represents night time, then perhaps the dots are stars. See other renditions of yohualli, below. There, the eyes are meant to be stars. Note, too, that yahualli is close in pronunciation to yohualli and it means a circle.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

fellipe
yoval

Gloss Normalization: 

Felipe Yohual

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: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

night, noche, darkness, oscuridad, stars, estrellas, nombres de hombres

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

yohual(li), night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la noche

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&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: 

yohualli (Mdz6r)

yahualli (Mdz21v)

Yohualahuech (MH624v)