Mocauhqui (MH779r)

Mocauhqui (MH779r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mocauhqui (”Married Man” or “Someone Abandoned”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He wears a European-style hat (something like a Fedora).

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.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

alosun . mocauhqui

Gloss Normalization:

Alonzo Mocauhqui

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

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

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:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

sombrero de fieltro, casado, dejado, abandonado, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mocauhqui, a married man, or someone who has been left or abandoned, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mocauhqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Casado, o Abandonado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 779r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=632&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:

dropped "n"

intrusive "n"

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: