Tonal (MH784v)

Tonal (MH784v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tonal (“Sun," "Day," or "Solar Animating Force,” attested here as a man’s name). The glyph looks something like a flower with eight petals radiating out from a small circle at the center. This sign resembles some sun signs and some stars.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gaspar thonal

Gloss Normalization: 

Gaspar Tonal

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, sol, día, energía solar, estrellas, soles, flores

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

tonal(li), sun, day, animating force, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Sol, o Una Fuerza Animadora Persona

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 784v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=643&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tonal (MH577v)

tonalli (MH565v)

Tonal (MH881r)

citlalin (MH775v)

Tonatiuh (MH579v)

tonatiuh (Mdz34r)