Ecazali (MH639v)

Ecazali (MH639v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ecazali (here, attested as a man's name) shows the head of what may be an eagle in profile, looking toward the viewer's right. Below the bird's head is a square with a mesh pattern.

Description, 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
cross (+)
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
profile view
frontal view
linear or multiple straight lines
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, viento, aliento, aire, divinidades, fuerzas divinas, deidades, eagles, águilas

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

eca(tl), breath, air, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl
eheca(tl), wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl
zaloa, to spread paste or stick things together, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zaloa
zalihui, to stick together, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zalihui
zal itilma, a trawling net, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zal-itilma

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 639v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=361&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).

See Also: 

Ecazali (MH546r)