Ecaix (MH504r)

Ecaix (MH504r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the personal name Ecaix ("Air-Eye," although seemingly pointing to "Wind-Eye," attested as a man's name) shows an eye (of the stellar or starry eye type) with a device above it that may be the buccal mask--tipped on its side--that was worn by the divine force of the wind (Ehecatl) and used for blowing.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The device here has a shape something like a fleur-de-lis, which may show European stylistic influence, given that this symbol was a heraldic device of the House of Bourbon. This glyph, when compared with some of the glyphs for Tlamao show a strong visual relationship between this kind of seeing/knowledge and the divinity of Ehecatl. A great many glyphs in this collection start with Eca- when one might expect Eheca-. We are preserving the proclivity of the gloss for Eca-, while also pointing to the likelihood of an unintentional oral abbreviation of Eheca- to Eca-.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

martin
hecayx

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Ecaix (although probably meant to be Ehecaix)

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
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: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
half circle
frontal view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

breath, aliento, air, aire, wind, viento, ojos, eyes, stars, estrellas, Flor de lis, divisa heráldica de la casa de Borbón

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

eca(tl), air, breath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl
ix(tli), eye, face, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
tlamatini, a sage, wise person, scholar, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamatini

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

"Aliento-Ojo"

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=87&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: 

ixtli (Mdz21v)

Ecatl (MH515v)

Ecaix (MH770v)