San Lucas (MH778v)

San Lucas (MH778v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name San Lucas ("Saint Luke") is attested here as a man's name. This name is borrowed from Spanish. The glyph is the head of an ox, given that the Christian symbol for San Lucas is a winged ox. The ox head is shown in a 3/4 profile here. It has two curvy horns, open eyes, and something of a grin on its closed mouth.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

marcos. desanrocas

Gloss Normalization: 

Marcos de San Lucas

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
neologisms (visual, glyphic)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Christian)
Religion (Indigenous Christianity)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
3/4 view
Keywords: 

bueyes, cuernos, símbolos de santos, religión cristiana indígena, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 778v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=631&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: 
"o" for u or uh
"r" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: