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. The feathers on the back of the bird's head are rather scalloped. 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: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
cross (+)
facing right
frontal view
linear or multiple straight lines
profile view
rectangular
scalloped edges
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, feathers, plumas

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)