Mozac (MH783v)

Mozac (MH783v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mozac (or Mohzac, with the glottal stop), meaning “Covered with Unguent,” is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a human leg below the knee. It is covered with a black substance. The gloss suggests that this is an unguent.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Florentine Codex includes several images of people that are covered with unguent, and various substances provide a base or an addition to the unguent, including axin (an insect that secretes a substance used medicinally) and liquid olli (rubber). Liquid rubber is not only put on bodies, but also splattered on paper, as shown below in the iconographic example of Tecuilhuitontli. Oxitl is another substance that is a contributor to unguent.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bartaSar moçac

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Mozac

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: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

unguentos, cubrir, piernas, nombres de hombres

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Museum/Rare Book Notes: 

Here’s an example of a body covered with liquid rubber. Digital Florentine Codex, Book 1, folio xvi recto. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/book/1/folio/xvir/images/048194e9-cd43....

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

mozac, covered with unguent, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mozac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cubierto de Ungüento

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=661&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: 
"r" for l
"s" for z
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

oxitl (Mdz55r)

Oxihuacan (MH625v)

tecuilhuitontli (TR1r)