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: 
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

sartales de piedras, cuentas, pulseras, nombres de hombres

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

These beads are located in the Regional Museum of Guadalajara. The strings are not the originals. Presumably these strands represent chalchihuitl (green) and xihuitl (turquoise), but the distinction between blue and green is not always hard and fast. (Photo by Stephanie Wood, 4 February 2025.)

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)