Aquixtil (MH737v)

Aquixtil (MH737v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Aquixtil (perhaps “Someone Incorrigible” or else “Launderer”) is attested here as a man’s name. The gloss seems to show a bundle of fabric that may be wet, which would support the interpretation as having something to do with washing clothes. Or, wet laundry could just be a phonetic indicator for the name “Incorrigible.”

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 possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
shading and parallel line hatching
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

azquixtilpilli, someon incorrigible, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aquixtilpilli
aquixtilia, to wash clothing for someone else, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/%C4%81qu%C4%ABxtili%C4%812

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Incorregible o Lavador de Ropa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 737v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=553&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: 
See Also: 

Tlapacoyan (Mdz8r)

Tlapacoyan (Mdz50r)