Zahual (MH644r)

Zahual (MH644r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zahual (perhaps "Spider Web" or "Consecrated," attested here as a woman's name) shows a swirling cloud or perhaps a web. Below that is either a hand that holds it up or perhaps a spider that is weaving the web. The image is unclear.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The woman with this name is listed with the "widows" (viudas, in Spanish), as can be seen in the contextualizing image.

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria . saual

Gloss Normalization: 

María Zahual

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

arañas, telearañas, spiders, spider webs, cosas consagradas, nombres de mujeres

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

zahual(li), a spider web, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zahualli
zahuallo, something consecrated, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zahuallo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Telearaña (o algo consagrado?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 644r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=370&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: 
"s" for z
dropped "h"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xaltocan (Mdz17v)

Yacapichtlan (Mdz24v)