Tlamahuizol (MH661r)

Tlamahuizol (MH661r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlamahuizol (“Miracle,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the upper half of a man’s body facing toward the viewer’s left. He has what appears to be a tunic on, rather than a cape tied on the shoulder, which may suggest European influence. So, the “miracle” might also be expressed here in Indigenous Christian terms.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Joseph tlamaviçol

Gloss Normalization: 

José Tlamahuizol

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

milagros, maravillas, nombres de hombres

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

tlamahuizol(li), a miracle, wonder, or marvel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamahuizolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Milagro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 661r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=402&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlamahuizol (MH832v)