Ayaquicatl (MH817r)

Ayaquicatl (MH817r)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Ayaquicatl (perhaps "With No One," or "Alone") shows the upper body and head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. This name is much like the more commo Ayaquica name seen across this manuscript (Matrícula de Huexotzinco). Some of those faces have tears, suggesting a sadness, perhaps about being solitary.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A Google search of Ayaquica will bring up many names of people of Mexican heritage alive today. Some have suspected that this is a Quechua name from South America, and if it proves to be true, that is just a coincidence, because it is definitely a Nahua name.

Gloss or Text Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
phrase or sentence
preposition
indefinite "ayac"
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

persona sola, con nadie, etnicidad, nombres de hombres, nombres de lugares

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 817r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=708&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ayaquica (MH495v)

Ayaquica (MH526r)

Ayaquica (MH629v)

Ayaquica (MH763r)

Ayaquica (MH855r)

Aoc Tocniuh (MH489v)