Yohualli Yauh (MH600r)

Yohualli Yauh (MH600r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and white drawing for a woman's personal name, Yohualli Yauh (She Leaves at Night), shows two concentric circles. The inner circle is painted nearly entirely black. White specks in this black area could be inadvertent. This circle seems to suggest night time (yohualli). The verb (yauh, to go) is not shown visually, only appears in the gloss.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The conceptualization of the night sky as round with a white band around it is something to watch.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luisa yovaliyauh

Gloss Normalization:

Luisa Yohualli Yauh

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Keywords:

irse, noche, redondo, oscuro, color negro

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yohual(li), night, at night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli
yauh, goes or leaves, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yauh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Sale de Noche

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 600r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=279st=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: