Tohueyo (MH852r)

Tohueyo (MH852r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tohueyo (“Outsider” or “Foreigner”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. This man has a fringe of thin, spiky hair on his forehead, a large quasi-butterfly shaped earplug in his visible ear, and a labret with two concentric circles (perhaps a chalchihuitl). The hair and jewelry suggest someone from another ethnicity, an outsider or foreigner (tohueyo).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

At least two other Tohueyo glyphs are a part of this collection. One might also have a chalchihuitl labret, and the other has more unique adornments on his ear and chin or lip. The Advanced Search option allows for searching ethnicity, which will bring up men with various kinds of jewelry and face paint.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juo toveyo

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tohueyo

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)
Hair (human or animal)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

perforaciones, labios, aretes, pendientes cabello adelgazado y puntiagudo, nombres de hombres

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

tohueyo, outsider or foreigner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tohueyo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Extranjero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 852r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=776&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tohueyo (MH625r)

Tohueyo (MH502v)