Motolinia (MH832r)

Motolinia (MH832r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motolinia ("He is Poor" or "He is Afflicted") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a seated man in profile, facing toward the viewer's left. His hair is rather wild, and tears are streaming down his cheek. He has a cape tied at his shoulder, as though he might be a noble. But he is in a sad state, which calls forth the name Motolinia, which means poor.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Fray Toribio de Motolinia was a friar who was popular in this area. Many baby boys were apparently named after him. This man's work involved making tobacco tubes. Tlapepecho is the occupation shown in the contextualizing image.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. motolinia

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Motolinia

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Emotions

Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing left

profile view

Keywords:

triste, tristeza, pobre, pobreza, nombres de hombres, nombres de hombres famosos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Motolinia, the Nahuatl name taken by Fray Toribio de Benavente, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/motolinia-0
motolinia, poor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/motolinia
tlapepecho, one who provides a covering for the tobacco tube

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 832r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=738&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: