Yohual (MH877r)

Yohual (MH877r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yohual (“Night”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows concentric circles, the inner one painted black, and the top half of the outer circles has short vertical lines that look something like eyelashes, but may just be shimmer.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Other yohualli glyphs from this manuscript are often round and black, providing a suggestion of how Nahuas visualized the night sky. Earlier glyphs of the night sky, such as from the Codex Mendoza, show a dark gray sky full of red and white “starry” eyes.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo. yoval

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Yohual

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
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)
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
Keywords: 

noche, cielo, estrellas, nombres de hombres

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

yohualli, night, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yohualli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Noche

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 877r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=826&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yohual (MH568v)

Yohual (MH488r)

Yohualli Yauh (MH600r)