Macuex (MH669v)

Macuex (MH669v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Macuex ("Bracelet" or "Beaded Wristband") is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hand and part of an arm in a vertical position. The wrist has a band tied around it with at least six beads. There was a lord (tecuhtli) named Macuextzin, as attested in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Most examples of glyphs for the name Macuex show just the beads at the wrist, without any colorants or bow ties. But there are a couple of exceptions.

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

sartales de piedras, cuentas, pulseras, nombres de hombres

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

macuex(tli), string of beads, a bracelet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuextli
ma(itl), hand or arm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pulsera de Cuentas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 669v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=419&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: 

Macuex (MH487v)

Macuex (MH541v)

Macuex (MH497r)

Macuex (MH495v)

Macuex (MH499v)

Macuex (MH638r)