Nacxitl (MH564v)

Nacxitl (MH564v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nacxitl (“Walker,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a human foot in profile, turned as though going to the right. The stops about just above where there might be an ankle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā nacxitl

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Nacxitl

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)
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: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

walker, caminador, traveler, viajero, nombres de hombres

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

Nacxitl, name, walker, traveler, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacxitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Caminador, o El Viajero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 564v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=208&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: 

Nacxich (MH660v)

Nacxitl (MH498r)

xo (Mdz2r)

xo (Mdz2r)