Aczan (MH711r)

Aczan (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name, Azcan, is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a profile view of part of a man’s leg, facing toward the viewer’s right. The foot is bare, but between the foot and the bare knee is a black (textile?) covering that is tied at the back of the calf with three bows.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The interpretation of this glyph remains elusive. The definitions of words that are anywhere close to this name do not seem to fit. The sign seems to convey something that could relate to a leg injury or an adornment perhaps worn during dances.

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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

pierna envuelta, nombres de hombres

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

azca, someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acza
azcan nicnomati, to be full of oneself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aczan-ninomati

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&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: 

Quetzon (MH660r)

Tlacza (MH594v)

Xocoyol (Mdz2r)

Xonecuil (MH508r)

tlanitztli (Mdz15v)