Ecaix (MH833r)

Ecaix (MH833r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ecaix is attested here as a man's name. The glyph combines an eye (ixtli) with the buccal mask that the divine force of the wind (Ehecatl) used as a device for blowing. This eye is shown in a profile or a 3/4 view, and its stylistics show considerable European influence.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In this collection one will find several examples of glyphs for the name Ecaix, suggesting the divine force of wind had a special knowledge relating to what could be seen. Note how the eye in this glyph differs from the starry eye (or stellar eye) of old, which some other glyphs do include.

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: 

jūa ecays

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ecaix

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Education, Knowledge, Wisdom
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

viento, aire, aliento, ehecatl, ecatl, obsidiana, ojo, nombres de hombres

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 833r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=740&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: 
"s" for x
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ecaix (MH520r)

Ecaix (MH504r)

Ecaix (MH770v)