Huitznahuacatl (MH651r)

Huitznahuacatl (MH651r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity Huitznahuacatl ("Person from Huitznahuac") is attested here as a man's name. It shows two, triangular, pointed, striped, green and red spines or thorns. These were likely used for blood letting. The tips are red, which may point to blood.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

espinas, sangre, ofrendas, autosacrificio, flebotomía, pueblos, etnicidades, nombres de hombres, nombres de lugares

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

Huitznahuac, a place, a calpolli from Chicomoztoc, an ethnicity, warrior-dancers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitznahuac
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(persona de Huitznahuac)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 651r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=384&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).

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