Pactli (MH711r)

Pactli (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This colorful simplex glyph for the personal name, Pactli (“Pleasure”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows three upper, central, white teeth with a red gum. The teeth are a bit wavy along the lower edge. The point here seems to be to show a smile and thereby indicate joy or pleasure (pactli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
frontal view
Keywords: 

felicidad, sonrisa, dientes, emoción, nombres de hombres

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

pac(tli), pleasure, joy, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pactli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Alegría

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 711r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=500&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: 

ahuiliztli (Mdz10v)

ahuiliztli (Mdz48r)