Anahuacatl (MH857r)

Anahuacatl (MH857r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity, Anahuacatl (“Person from Anahuac”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a circle with a smaller concentric circle. Three alternating footprints go around inside the outer perimeter. The alternation suggests movement.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This glyph resembles the hieroglyph for a tianquiztli (marketplace) and the personal name, Huecatlacatl. For more information about footprints, see the short essay on the left-hand navigation bar.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pa^o anavacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo 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)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Footprint(s), human

Gender (male)

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

Keywords:

capitalino, CDMX, Tenochtitlan, mexicatl, nombrs de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Anahuac

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 857r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=786&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: