Xical (MH689r)

Xical (MH689r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xical (“Cup”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a vertical cup with a stem. Near the top edge of the cup are two thin horizontal lines.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Glyphs for the xicalli will show some with stems and some without, some that have curved bottoms, and some that are trapezoidal. See below for some examples.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio.xical

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Xical

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

cups, containers, vessels, jícaras, bowls, tazas, tazones, cuencos

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

xical(li), a gourd vessel, container, cup, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xicalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Jícara

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 689r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=458&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).

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