Amantecatl (MH745v)

Amantecatl (MH745v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation of
Amantecatl (perhaps “Feather Worker”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The visual for this name looks something like folded paper (amatl) rather than feathers. If it is paper, then amatl is a phonetic indicator for the Ama- start to the name, and the artistic nature of the paper may provide a semantic hint for “skilled artisan” (amantecatl).

Description, 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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Art, Design, Crafts, etc.

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Paper

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

plumas, papel, artesanos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

amanteca(tl), a skilled artisan, often a feather worker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amantecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Artesano de Plumas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 745v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=569&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: