Macuex (MH487v)

Macuex (MH487v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Macuex ("Bracelet" or "Beaded Wristband" here, attested as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a human hand, at an angle, with the fingers straight. At the wrist is a bracelet (macuextli) with beads.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

pablo macues

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Pablo Macuex

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

bracelets, pulseras, cuentas, nombres de hombres

Museum/Rare Book/Realia Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book/Realia Notes: 

Perhaps three bracelets are tied to this arm of Coyolxauhqui (divine force related to the moon and sister of Huitzilopochtli). The middle row seems to be a bead bracelet (macuetli), and another has bells. Photograph by Stephanie Wood, Museo del Templo Mayor, Mexico City, 15 February 2023.

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

macuex(tli), a bracelet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuextli.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pulsera de Cuentas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 487r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=53&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
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Macuex (MH497r)

Macuex (MH495v)

Macuex (MH499v)

Macuex (MH638r)

Macuex (MH669v)