Tomichicahuaz (MH904v)

Tomichicahuaz (MH904v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tomichicahuaz (“Our Bone Instrument”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a seemingly large bone on an angle, the joint at the top. The bone is cut off at the bottom, and five grooves have been carved across it, perpendicular to the length of the bone. Presumably, something else would be rubbed against the grooves of this percussive instrument (perhaps an omichicahuaztli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of bones, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Jacobo tomichicavaz

Gloss Normalization:

Jacobo Tomichicahuaz

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

Keywords:

huesos, instrumentos musicales, percusión, bailes, danzas, música, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

omichicahuazoa, to play a certain bone instrument during dances, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/omichicahuazoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Nuestro Instrumento Óseo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 904v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=881&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: