Amacozatl (MH795r)

Amacozatl (MH795r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Amacozatl (the name of a river in the hotlands, and perhaps translating as "Water From the Amacoztic Trees") is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph consists of a square sheet of paper (amatl) with two short streams of water (atl) coming down from the lower edge. Each stream has a droplet at the bottom consisting of a small circle with an even smaller concentric circle inside. Further, the streams each have a black line of current running down the middle. The "coz" (yellow) part of the name is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

If one compares glyphs or elements showing paper (amatl) over time, the Codex Mendoza is more likely to have paper rolled and tied, whereas the Matrícula de Huexotzinco is more likely to show paper in sheets. This would appear to reflect a growing familiarity with European paper and alphabetic writing. Glyphs showing bound books also increase over time.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o amacoçātl

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Amacozatl

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Paper

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

bird's eye view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, papel, amate, agua

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Amacozatl, the name of a river in the hotlands, and the name of a barrio (near Cohuixca), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amacozatl
ama(tl), paper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amatl
coztic, something yellow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/coztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Agua de los Árboles Amacoztic (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 795r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=664&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

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: