Ecachapol (MH721r)

Ecachapol (MH721r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ecachapol (perhaps “Wind-Grasshopper”) is attested here as an elite Nahua man’s name. The contextualizing image shows him seated and wearing a cape. The glyph shows a grasshopper in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. The head of the grasshopper wears the distinctive buccal mask of the divine force of the wind, Ehecatl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The use of Ecatl in the orthography when the imagery includes the distinctive mask of Ehecatl is not at all unusual. This is the only example of a name that combines ecatl with chapolin in this collection (at least as of July 2024). Perhaps a similar name is Ecapapalotl (below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

juā ecachapol

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Ecachapol

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Weather, Climate

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing left

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

left to right

Keywords:

chapulines, viento, aliento, brisas, aire, religión indígena, nombres de deidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

eca(tl), air or breath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl
chapol(in), grasshopper, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chapolin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Viento-Chapulín

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 721r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=520&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: