Xaxaca (MH711r)

Xaxaca (MH711r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xaxaca (perhaps from xaxacachtic, “Bruised”), shows a man’s head in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. On his face, near his nose, is a significant cluster of dots that seem to indicate that he is bruised (xaxacachtic). This may be a phonetic indicator for the name Xaxaca (“Owl”), but owls often have their faces in a frontal view, and this man does not.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

We have few examples of glyphs that highlight injuries. See below.

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, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
adjective
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Health, Medicine
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

bujos, tecolotes, magullado, martajado, nombres de hombres

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

xaxacachtic, bruised, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xaxacachtic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

magullado

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: 

Cuachal (MH537v)

Tetolini (MH485r)