Nacaz (MH667r)

Nacaz (MH667r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nacaz (“Ear”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an ear that comes out of the crown of the head of the tribute payer. It is at an angle. It is shaded, giving it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

As with other body parts, the ear sometimes indicates a location. It can be perceived as the “side” of something, and it can be flat and wide (see Nacazpatlac and Nacazpatlactic, below). Animal ears could also serve as names, as in the case of the coyotl ear (Coyonacaz MH496r).

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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
frontal view
Keywords: 

narices, lados, hombres de hombres

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

nacaz(tli), ear, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacaztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Nariz

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 667r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=414&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: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nacazpatlac (MH627r)

Nacazpatlactic (MH626v)

Nanacace (MH649v)

Cuauhnacaztlan (Mdz13v)

Coyonacaz (MH496r)