Macuil (MH809v)

Macuil (MH809v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Macuil (“Five”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hand (maitl) holding what appear to be five (macuilli) sticks. The hand is a phonetic reinforcement that the name starts with Ma-.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The name Macuil may represent a calendrical name that has lost its day sign. Whether this evolution in naming practices suggests a gradual forgetting of the divinatory calendar names, some self-censoring as ecclesiastical influence grew, or that the clergy was actively pressing for change are processes that require further investigation. Another option is that the number five had some other significance.

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: 
numbers
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
left to right
Keywords: 

manos, cinco, números, nombres de hombres

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

ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
macuil(li), five, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cinco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 809v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=693st=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: 

Macuil (MH661r)

Macuil (MH525v)

Macuil (MH625v)

Macuil (MH570v)

Macuil (MH648r)

Macuil (MH618v)

Macuil (MH667r)