Maxtlazaca (MH628r)

Maxtlazaca (MH628r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Maxtlazaca (perhaps "Loincloth of Hay") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a frontal view of a white cottong loincloth (maxtlatl) tied in a knot. To the left is a group of four pieces of straw or grass (zacatl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Domingo
maxtlaçaca

Gloss Normalization:

Domingo Maxtlazaca

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

bragas, taparrabos, loincloths, loin cloths, grasses, hay, paja, zacate, plantas, plants, textiles, maxtlatl, zacatl, zacate, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

maxtla(tl), loincloth, breechclout, breechcloth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maxtlatl
zaca(tl), hay, grasses, straw, weeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Taparrabo de Paja

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=338&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:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: