Icnomachoc (MH615v)

Icnomachoc (MH615v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Icnomachoc (perhaps a "Humble Known Person") is attested here as a man's name. The head of a man looking downward may suggest the humble person (icnotl). He may also be crying tears. The hand (maitl), which is purposely connected to the head with a line, could be a phonetic indicator that the name includes the syllable ma.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

dieo ycnomachoc

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Diego Icnomachoc

Gloss/Text 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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
syllable: ma or man (from maitl, hand)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Education, Knowledge, Wisdom
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
3
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, men's name, triste, lágrimas, fonetismo

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

icno-, humble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/icno
choca, to cry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/choca
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
mati, to know, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mati
Machoc, a person's name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/machoc

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 615v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=313&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: 
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: