Iyaqui (MH658v)

Iyaqui (MH658v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iyaqui, "Young Distinguished Warrior," is attested here as a man's name. It shows an upright, rectangular banner with three horizontal stripes (a thick stripe in the middle and one thin stripe above and below the thick one). The banner is attached to a stick. At the top of the stick, two streamers bend to the viewer’s left. This has the look of the Panquetzaliztli flag and therefore possibly ties to the religious celebrations dedicated to Huitzilopochtli and associated with that fifteenth month in the xiuhpohualli calendar.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This version of Iyaqui differs from some of the others, which involve phonetic indicators for the adverb iyaquic, using footprints. For more examples of glyphs using a flag like this one, see below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo. yyaqui

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Iyaqui

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
rectangular
striped
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

guerreros, banderas, nombres de hombres

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

iyaqui, young distinguished warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyaqui
iyaquic, on end, upright, or on foot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyaquic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Guerrero Joven y Distinguido

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 658v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=397&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: 
See Also: 

Iyaqui (MH515r)

Iyaqui (MH629r)

Iyaqui (MH638v)

Tocuiltecatl (MH532r)

Nepopohualco (MH516v)

panitl (TR5r)