Mamaz (MH784v)

Mamaz (MH784v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mamaz ("Soft Feather") shows an upright feather (mamaztli), apparently soft and light in color. The name is attested here as a man's name. Mamaz could also translate as "Quill with Plume."

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo māmaz

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Mamaz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
Feathers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres, plumas, feathers, quills

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

mamaz(tli), a soft feather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mamaztli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 784v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=643&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Mamaz (MH519r)

Mamaz (MH776v)