Anahuacatl (MH627r)

Anahuacatl (MH627r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Anahuacatl ("He is From Near the Water," which can refer to the lakes around the capital or the coastal areas) is attested here as a man's name. It shows a swirling body of water with lines of current (movement) and turbinate shells and water droplets splashing off the flow.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Domīgo
anavacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Anahuacatl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

visible movement

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Shells

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

bird's eye view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

remolino, agua, Ciudad de México-Tenochtitlan, persona de la orilla del agua

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Anahuac, next to the water, or Mexico City, Valley of Mexico, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/anahuac
-catl (affiliation suffix), person from, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(persona de Anahuac)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 627r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=336st=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: