Olin (MH625v)

Olin (MH625v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Olin ("Movement" or "Earthquake") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a symbol that includes a dark circle with vertical black stripes. Radiating out from the circle are four, evenly-spaced, small rectangles that were left a natural color. The emanating poles are in a cross shape like a plus sign (+) rather than the usual X-shape.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Olin was a day name in the 260-day divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli in Nahuatl. This calendar had a role in various Mesoamerican religions, including the Mixtec.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
ollin

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Olin

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: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cardinal Directions, Cosmos
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
striped
quincunx or quatrefoil
cross (+)
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

movement, movimiento, temblores, terremotos, hule, pelotas, quincunces, nombres de hombres

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

ol(in), movement, earthquake, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Movimiento, o Temblor

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 625v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=333&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).

Orthography: 
"ll" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

olin (Mdz40r)

olin (Mdz24v)

Olin (MH574r)

Olin (MH532r)