Moceloquich (MH836r)

Moceloquich (MH836r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Moceloquich (“Warrior”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a nude man standing in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. In his right hand he has a wooden club with a long obsidian blade down one side (probably a variation on the macuahuitl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of wooden clubs with obsidian blades below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

fra^co moceloquich

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Moceloquich

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Nudity

Occupations

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

macanas, madera, obsidiana, guerreros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

moceloquich(tli), soldier or warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/moceloquichtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Guerrero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 836r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=746&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:

"çe" for ce

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: