Caczoc (MH493r)

Caczoc (MH493r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a shoe (cactli) is a simplex glyph for the name or occupation, Caczoc ("Shoemaker"). Here, it is held by a man, as shown in the contextualizing image. The shoe is shown in profile, facing in the direction of the viewer's right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is somewhat difficult to tell, but it seems to be an Indigenous shoe, which is somewhat open like a sandal.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego cacçoc

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Caczoc

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

shoes, sandals, zapatos, sandalias

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

caczoc, shoe or sandal maker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caczoc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Zapatero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 493r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=65&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: 

cactli (Mdz13r)

xo (Mdz41r)