amantecatl (MH775v)

amantecatl (MH775v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amantecatl ("Artisan" or "Feather Worker") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows three identical, upright feathers, white in the lower part and red in the upper part. In each case, below the feathery part, there are no downy barbs, just a clean calamus.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

amatecatl

Gloss Normalization:

amantecatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (visual)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Occupations

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tripartite

vertical, upright

Keywords:

plumas, feathers, red, rojo, artisans, oficios, nombres de hombres, plumeros

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

oficial de arte mecánica

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: