Achcauhzolli (MH875v)

Achcauhzolli (MH875v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Achcauhzolli (perhaps “Old Authority Figure” or “Older Brother”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man’s head in profile, looking toward the viewer’s right. He has long hair that is tied behind his neck.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

At the time of publishing this new record, one other Achcauhzolli glyph already appears in this collection, and that appears to be a xiquipilli, a sack that once carried incense or cacao beans in old times. Perhaps, here, the hairstyle is old fashioned.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

thomas achcauhçolli

Gloss Normalization: 

Tomás Achcauhzolli

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: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Politics, Power, Governance
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

autoridades, viejos, hermano mayor, pelo largo, nombres de hombres

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

achcauh(tli), an authority figure or an older brother, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achcauhtli
-zol(li), old, used, worn out, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Autoridad Vieja

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=823&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Achcauhzolli (MH676v)