Mocauhqui (MH772r)

Mocauhqui (MH772r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mocauhqui (either "Married Person" or "Left/Abandoned) 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

Added Analysis:

The hat may have been something a few married men wore. But it is rare in this collection. Two other examples of men wearing this same hat are also named Mocauhqui. See below. Alonso de Molina's translation for mocauhqui is "casado," but Rémi Siméon (1977, 282) gives "dejado, abandonado." The verb cahua fits this latter translation somewhat better.

Added Analysis, 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 o Abandonado/Dejado

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: