Yohual (MH618v)

Yohual (MH618v)
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 shows a circle that has been painted black. Around the perimeter are short black rays, perhaps somewhat reminiscent or radiating light, but this time it is dark.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This shape is somewhat reminiscent of some of the tlilpotonqui glyphs.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

loleço yoval

Gloss Normalization:

Lorenzo Yohual

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie 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:

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiky

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Keywords:

noches, oscuro, negro, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yohual(li), night time, 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 618v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=319&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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