Ixtococ (MH485v)

Ixtococ (MH485v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for Ixtococ ("He Was Coveted," attested here as a man's name) shows an eye (ixtli)] that is open and looking to the viewer's right. The eyebrow and the lower eyelashes are significant elements, along with the eye. This eye is a phonetic indicator for the verb ixtoca in the passive and past tense.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Might it be possible that the tlacuilo's emphasis on the hair around the eye could be there to help the reader arrive at the "oc" that is added to the word eye, given that ixtocmiyo can refer to these hairs, as shown in the Gran Diccionario Náhuatl?

Besides eye, ixtli can refer to the face and countenance, as explained in the Online Nahuatl Dictionary.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pe[ri]do ystococ

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Ixtococ

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
phrase or sentence
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
verb
passive tense
preterit tense
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

eyelashes, pestañas, eyebrows, cejas, eyes, ojos, nombres de hombres

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

ixtoca, to claim or to covet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtoca
toca, to follow or pursue, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toca-1
ix(tli), eye, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtli
-o- (passive tense indicator), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/o

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 485v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=45&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: 
"s" for x
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ixtococ (MH664v)