Imacehual (MH667r)
Imacehual (MH667r)
This simplex glyph for the personal name Imacehual (perhaps short for imacehualli, "Feather Fan for Dancing") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a hand-held device on a stick, perhaps a clump of feathers. A right hand (maitl) is holding the stick. Below the stick are four curving streamers. The hand could be a phonetic indicator for the -ma- in the name, but it could also have a semantic function.
Stephanie Wood
This is a deceptive noun. It appears to be the noun macehualli in a possessed form. That could have many readings, relating to a commoner, an Indigenous person, or someone with merit who is deserving. In fact, however, it might not be possessed at all, but is an apocopation for the unpossessed noun imacehualli, having something to do with dance. And the glyphs all seem to show hand-held feather fans. See below for other devices and headdresses.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
bailar, danzas, divisas, vasallos, mérito, merecer, nombres de hombres
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 667r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=414&st=image.
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