de Pomar (MH753r)

de Pomar (MH753r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name de Pomar (a name borrowed from Spanish) shows a frontal view of a right hand, possibly wearing a glove with stripes of intricate designs or wearing three bracelets. The hand (maitl) in this simplex glyph may be a phonetic indicator for the -ma- in Pomar.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This tribute payer may be named after Juan Bautista de Pomar, a mestizo born around 1535 who--much later in the century--wrote the Relación de Texcoco (Tetzcoco), a response to the request from the Spanish crown for information about different regions in the colony of New Spain. This relación is not a flattering portrait of Spanish colonialism. See José Espericueta, "Writing Virtue and Indigenous Rights: Juan Bautista de Pomar and the Relación de Texcoco," Hispania 98:2 (June 2015), 208-219. Alternatively, both men are named for a Spaniard named Pomar.

Added Analysis, 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 dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

manos, hands, guantes, gloves, nombres de hombres, nombres españoles, nombres prestados

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

ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

de Pomar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 753r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=584&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: 
"i" for e
intrusive "h" or "hu"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

de Gante (MH855r)

Macuex (MH497r)

maitl (Mdz38r)