Ozoma (MH826r)

Ozoma (MH826r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ozoma (“Monkey”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a monkey in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The hair on the animal’s head rises high and then curls forward. On its cheek is a “hua” or “cihua” mark, which is unusual on a monkey.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Ozoma was a day sign in the 260-day, sacred, divinatory calendar. Such a day name would have had a companion number from 1 to 13. Perhaps that part of the tradition was fading away, or perhaps there was an effort to disguise the continuing use of the sacred calendar by dropping the numbers. This person is a tlaxinqui (carpenter), as can be seen in the contextualizing image (and as is glossed elsewhere on this same folio). See the range of styles in glyphs for the name Ozoma below, along with a couple of “hua” or “cihua” marks.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. otzoma

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Diego Ozoma

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

calendrics

day name

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

fading tradition, or an effort to disguise?

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals: Misc.

Gender (female)

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

monos, calendarios, tonalpohualli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ozoma(tli), monkey, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ozomatli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Mono

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 826r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=726&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:

"tz" for z

dropped "n"

intrusive "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: