Timal (MH650r)

Timal (MH650r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Timal ("Pus" or a "Gentle Woman") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a human hand (maitl), which may provide the phonetic values for the -mal ending to the name. Above and to the right of the hand is a dark gray animal standing on its hind legs, with its front legs raised up. How this contributes to the name is unclear.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In some vocabulary, the element -timal- leans toward something like "full of pride" or "glorified by others." These glyphs for the name Timal deserve further study.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā timal

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Timal

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Excretions (bodily, human or animal)
Gender (female)
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
profile view
facing left
facing right
Keywords: 

animales, nombres de hombres

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

timal(li), pus or a gentle woman, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/timalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pus, o Mujer Gentil

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=382&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Timal (MH516r)

Timal (MH630v)

Timal (MH570r)

Timal (MH569v)

Timal (MH630v)

Timal (MH631r)