Macuex (MH541v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Macuex ("Bracelet," attested here as a man's name) shows a frontal view of an upright (right) hand with the fingers extended. At the wrist is a bracelet (macuextli) of three red (possibly stone) beads.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:
martin macuex
Gloss Normalization:
Martín Macuex
Gloss Analysis, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
macuex(tli), bracelet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuextli
Image Source:
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 541v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=162&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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