Nacazpatlac (MH706r)

Nacazpatlac (MH706r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nacazpatlac (“He Has Wide Ears””) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a human ear. Perhaps it is meant to be inherently large, but there is nothing with which to compare it.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Drawings of ears evolved from the Codex Mendoza to the Matrícula de Huexotzinco, as they became more naturalistic (perhaps through European influence). This name is more common than one might expect. Perhaps there was a famous person in history who had this name, or else there may have been a cultural sensitivity to the size of ears. One person’s name in this collection is Coyote Ear (Coyonacaz, see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

caspal nacazpatlac

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Nacazpatlac

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Measurements, Quantities

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Other Cultural Influences:

Spanish/European

Keywords:

orejas, tamaños, grandes, anchos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nacazpatlac, large eared, to have large ears, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacazpatlac
nacaz(tli), ear, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacaztli
patlactic, flat and very wide, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/patlactic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Tiene Orejas Anchas y Planas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 706r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=490&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:

"c" for g

"l" for r

Historical Contextualizing Image: