Mochiuh (MH521r)

Mochiuh (MH521r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mochiuh ("Done" or "Amen," here, attested as a man's name) is a six-pointed star shape and a round center. One of the points may have been crossed out. Small circles also appear in between the points.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph, which has more points than usual but is reminiscent of a quincunx, appears to have an Indigenous cosmological meaning, perhaps related to the celestial realm of the sun and stars. It is also possible that it ties in with Indigenous Christianity. The expression "ma iuh mochihua" was the phrase Nahuas learned to to say "Amen," or "Let it be done."

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pao mochiuh

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Mochiuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 
1560
Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco,Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reflexive ("no" or "mo")
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Religion (Indigenous)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood and José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
quincunx or quatrefoil
spiky
Keywords: 

amen, oraciones, prayers, reino celestial, celeste, cosmología

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

mochihua, to be done, to be made, to occur, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mochihua
chihua, to do, to make, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chihua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hecho, o Amen

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=121&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: 
See Also: 

olin (Mdz24v)

teocuitlatl (Mdz44r)

oztotl (Mdz10v)

tezcatl (Mdz42r)

Timal (MH516r)

tonatiuh (Mdz34r)

xihuitl (Mdz7v)