Maxtla (MH503v)

Maxtla (MH503v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Maxtla ("Loincloth," attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a loincloth (maxtlatl)]. It is probably cotton cloth with a check pattern, and it has a loop and a big knot that would have been worn in front of a man's genitals. The cloth would have wrapped around the waist and passed between the legs.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Maxtla was the name of a fifteenth-century Tepanec ruler (tlahtoani) of Azcapotzalco, and he was the son of the famous Tezozomoc, so this was a name that was passed down through many generations and probably given to Nahuas with various ethnic associations.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro
maxtla

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Maxtla

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
woven
Keywords: 

loincloths, taparabos, maxtla, maxtlatl

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

maxtla(tl), loincloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maxtlatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Taparabos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 503v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=86&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: 

maxtlatl (Mdz13r)

maxtlatl (Mdz43r)

maxtlatl (Mdz54r)