Acachinan (MH503r)

Acachinan (MH503r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Acachinan ("Reed-Chinampa," attested here as a man’s name) shows a square that is probably a fence panel, a (chinamitl). It is filled with a mesh that is criss-crossing canes or reeds (acatl), something like bamboo or carrizo, a type of cane in Mexico. These reeds are at an angle, and they are segmented.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The reed construction is likely in place to reinforce the sides of an agricultural plot that is made from dredging mud from canals and piling it up.

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

Juan
acachinā

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Juan Acachinan

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

agriculture, agricultura, chinampas, estructura, construcción, cañas, carrizo

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

aca(tl), reed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
chinam(itl), a reed enclosure or fence, sometimes part of an agricultural construction known in Spanish as chinampa, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chinamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Caña-Chinampa

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=83&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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