Ecahuaz (MH558v)

Ecahuaz (MH558v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ecahuaz (“Ladder,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a vertical ladder (ecahuaztli). It has parallel vertical wooden boards as the frame. Three rungs connect these.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The construction of the ladder somewhat echoes the smaller cacaxtli and huacalli (carrying frames). See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

gallisto ecavaz

Gloss Normalization: 

Calixto Ecahuaz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
right angle(s)
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

ladders, escaleras

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

ecahuaz(tli), ladder, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecahuaztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Escalera

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 558v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=196&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: 

Cacax (MH501r)

cacaxtli (Mdz42r)

huacalli (MH487v)

cacaxtli (TR41v)

tlamama (TR41v)