Nauhyotl (MH677v)

Nauhyotl (MH677v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nauhyotl ("Having the Quality of Four") is attested here as a man's name. The drawing shows four upright, rectangular boxes and, below those, four small circles. All of these objects are linked by a horizontal line.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The circles were the earlier form of notation for ones. The vertical rectangles–sometimes shown as just thick black lines–seem to show European influence. Some other glyphs for Nauhyotl (below) involve lines connecting to circles in almost a bouquet arrangement.

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: 
numbers
personal name
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
symmetry
rectangular
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
horizontal
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

contar, números, notación, cuatro, nombres de hombres

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

nahui, four, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahui
yo(tl), having the nature of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Calidad o Naturaleza de Cuatro, Cuatredad

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 677v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=435&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: 

Nauhyotl (MH662r)

Nauhyotl (MH485v)

Nauhyotl (MH810r)

Nauhyotl (MH499r)

Nauhyotl (MH603r)

Nauhyotl (MH607r)