Nezahual (MH633v)

Nezahual (MH633v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Nezahual ("Ritual Fasting," attested here as a man's name) shows a right hand reaching in from the left and grasping (representing the hua phonetic syllable) what may be a large hank of hair. How this related to the fasting ritual (nezahualli) is unclear

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

martin
neçaval

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Nezahual

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Blood (human/animal/plant)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

hambre, ayuno, fasting, hunger, nombres de hombres

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

nezahual(li), a fasting, vigil, bloodletting, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nezahualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Ayuno Ritual

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=349.

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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

mayanalo (TR32r)

Nezahual (MH499v)

Nezahual (MH504v)

Nezahual (MH622r)

Nezahual (MH711r)