yolqui (MH608v)

yolqui (MH608v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun, yolqui ("living things"), which doubles as the glyph for Huitztli Yolqui (see below). What we see here are really thorns (huitztli), and it is difficult to tell that they are living things (yolqui). They are black and white sharp points, with the top half being black.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yolqui, living things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yolqui

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 608v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=299st=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).

yolqui (MH608v)Simplex Glyph

Huitztli Yolqui (MH608v)

yolqui (MH608v)
Simplex Glyph