Moceloquich (MH811v)

Moceloquich (MH811v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Moceloquich (“Your Jaguar Warrior”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile of a man’s face looking to the viewer’s right. The man’s arm reaches out to hold a round war shield with fringe at the bottom. The implication is that the face belongs to a warrior, and in this case, apparently, a “jaguar warrior.” The Mo- possessive pronoun is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The -ocelo- part of this name comes from ocelotl, which is actually a jaguar and not an ocelotl as we know it today. The -oquich part of the name is short for oquichtli, a man or male person.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

guerreros, jaguares, nombres de hombres, posesivo, escudos, rodelas, caras, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

oceloquich(tli), jaguar warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/oceloquichtli
mo- (second person singular possessive pronoun), your, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tu Guerrero “Jaguar”

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 811v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=697&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

"ll" for l

Historical Contextualizing Image: