Ixtlilcuecha (MH732r)

Ixtlilcuecha (MH732r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Ixtlilcuecha ("Darkened"), is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a man in profile, looking toward the viewer's left. The face of the man has been darkened, seemingly pointing to the verb, ixtlilcuechahua.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Color names

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

shading and parallel line hatching

Keywords:

entiznar algo, envejecer algo, color negro, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ixtlilcuechahua, to darken or age something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtlilcuechahua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Entiznado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 732r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=542&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: