Miexqui (MH544v)

Miexqui (MH544v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Miexqui (“Gassy Person,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of the lower half of a man's body with gasses emitting from the buttocks. The gasses are shown with volutes and straight lines. The waistband and bottom wrap of a loan cloth is visible on the person.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The two different types of emissions from the man's rear end may represent visual representations of both odors and sounds. There is a potential for this to be a humorous nickname.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio miesqui

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Miexqui

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: 
adjective
noun(s)
visible fragrance or odor
visible movement
visible sound
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Humor (potentially)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
profile view
facing left
Keywords: 

gas, gases, pedos, nombres de hombres

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

miexini, one who emits gas, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miexini

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Emite Gases

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 544v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=168&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: 
"s" for x
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tzintli (Mdz3v)

Ayotochcuitlatla (Mdz13v)

cuitlatl (Mdz39r)

Cuitlixco (MH543v)

Tzintzon (MH660r)