Xalyecti (MH674r)

Xalyecti (MH674r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xalyecti (“He Purified Sand”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hand holding what may be a sifter with a handle, which would be used to make the sand good (xalyectia). Going through and coming down from that object is a rain of sand (lots of dots).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Sand (xalli) is prevalent in place names, but also found in personal names. If there were an occupation that involved cleaning sand, perhaps this clean sand was meant for use in construction.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

arena, limpiar, purificar, hacer bueno, oficios, nombres de hombres

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

xal(li), sand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xalli
yectia, to make good, clean, purify, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yectia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Limpió Arena, o Purificó Arena

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 674r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=428&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: 

Xalac (Mdz28r)

Xalapan (Mdz16v)

Xalicuilol (MH603r)

xalli (Mdz40r)

Xalli (MH497r)