Quiyahuaten (MH902v)

Quiyahuaten (MH902v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Quiyahuaten (“At the Edge of the Entrance”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a building in profile. In the entryway (quiyahuac) is a sign for tentli (lips, which can also mean edge). This partial face includes the chin, but the focus is on the lips.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luys quiyavatē

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Quiyahuaten

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:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

segmented

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

left to right

Keywords:

labios, entradas, bordes, orillas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

quiyahuac, at the entryway, or outside, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiyahuac
ten(tli), lips or edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En el Borde de la Entrada

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 902v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=877&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

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: