Acolpin (MH756r)

Acolpin (MH756r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Acolpin (perhaps, “Small Shoulder”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human arm, bent at the elbow in about a forty-five degree angle, (right) hand raised. The focus seems to be the shoulder (acolli), and perhaps it is meant to appear small (pintic).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Some personal names seem to comment on a physical aspect or appearance of the person or perhaps something else they resemble (perhaps as babies). The suffix -pin (perhaps meaning small) is found on other nouns in this collection, such as a face (ixtli) and a tamalli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Measurements, Quantities
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

hombros pequeños, nombres de hombres

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

acol(li), shoulder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acolli
pintic, small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pintic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Hombro Pequeño

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 756r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=590&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: 

Ixpin (MH499r)

Tamalpin (MH510r)