Tolin (MH896v)

Tolin (MH896v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tolin (“Tule”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an upright tule (tolin) plant. It has a long, slender leaf on the left and one on the right. At the top of the plant is a black element that is reminiscent of what is called a cattail in English.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tolin is often expressed in personal names as one element in a compound. One prominent example is Tolxoch, and both glyphs currently in this collection for Tolxoch are for names held by women (as is this name, Tolin). The plant also appears as an element in place names, too, such as Tollan (today called Tula), which holds an important place in Nahua origin beliefs.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

maria . toli ycnoçivatl

Gloss Normalization:

María Tolin

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:

Gender (female)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

tules, espadañas, plantas, nombres de mujeres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tol(in), tule reeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tule

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 896v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=865&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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