Mocauhqui (MH772r)

Mocauhqui (MH772r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mocauhqui ("Married Person") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a profile of a man's head, looking toward the viewer's right. The man wears a hat, which suggests a Spanish colonial cultural introduction.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant mocauhqui

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Mocauhqui

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

casados, sombreros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mocauhqui, a married person, also a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mocauhqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Hombre Casado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 772r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=618&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: