Hualacic (MH837r)

Hualacic (MH837r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Hualacic (“Newly Arrived”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a ¾ view of two legs facing in the direction of the tribute payer. Rounded hatch lines down one leg gives it a three-dimensionality. The foot on that leg is lifted somewhat, to give it a sense of motion.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Several hualacic glyphs appear in this collection. They variously employ walking figures, footprints, and/or a foot.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

dio. valacic

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Hualacic

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: 
verb
preterit tense
visual movement
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
3/4 view
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Keywords: 

llegar, por este rumbo, pies, huellas, nombres de hombres

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

hualacic, he/she/it came to arrive, or was newly arrived, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hualacic
aci, to arrive, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/aci
hual-, in this direction, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hual

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Recién Llegado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 837r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=748&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
errors and revisions
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Hualacic (MH499r)

Hualacic (MH503r)

Hualacic (MH671r)

Hualacic (MH826r)