Maceuhqui (MH676v)

Maceuhqui (MH676v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Maceuhqui (“Dancer”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of the head of a man wearing a feathered headdress with three feathers bound at the bottom. Hanging from his lip or chin is another ornament of some type. He seems to be prepared for dancing (a dancer, maceuhqui) or else perhaps one who is deserving for serving the divine forces.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Consider some glyphs below that refer to men with names Maceuh and Tlamaceuh. The former may be short for Maceuhqui, and he also has a feather on his head. The latter may represent someone who is deserving or offering something, with his hands gesturing. It could be useful to compare these glyphs with glyphs, below, that have macehualli at their root.

Added Analysis, 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)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

plumas, feathers, tocados, danzas, bailadores, merecedores, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

maceuhqui, a dancer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maceuhqui
macehua, to merit, to be deserving, or to dance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macehua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Bailador

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=433&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).

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