Nezahual (MH664v)

Nezahual (MH664v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nezahual ("Ritual Fasting," attested here as a man's name) shows what appears to be a cloak or cape, such as an ayatl, tecuachtli, cuachtli, or tilmatli. How this has a role in fasting or bloodletting is unclear.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See some other fabrics, below, and note the considerable range of visuals for the various Nezahual glyphs. Much work remains to be done to decipher these glyphs more fully.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
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: 
shading and parallel line hatching
frontal view
Keywords: 

telas, capas, tilmas, ayuno, sangría, sacrificio, ofrendas, nombres de hombres

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Ayuno Ritual

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 664v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=409&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
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

cuachtli (Mdz30r)

ayatl (MH618v)

tilmatli (MH498r)

tilmatli (MH487r)

Nezahual (MH499v)

Nezahual (MH622r)

Nezahual (MH633v)

Nezahual (MH711r)

Nezahual (MH504v)