Xiccayatl (MH809r)

Xiccayatl (MH809r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xiccayatl (perhaps, “Abandoned Cloak”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a rectangular cloak. It has a mesh pattern and a white, segmented border on the lower edge and the left side.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The line over the "a" implies an "n," but that seems erroneous. The double “c” also requires further investigation. There is a known place in the Mixteca Baja that is spelled Xicayan (also Jicayan). There is a lienzo (pictorial manuscript on cloth) from San Pedro Xicayan. Xicayan is also a personal name for a few people today.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio xiccāyatl

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Antonio Xiccayatl (or Xicayatl)

Gloss/Text 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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

border (red, plain, or patterned)

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

frontal view

rectangular

Keywords:

ayates, telas, textiles, malla, capas, mantas, abandonadas, viejas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xiccahua, abandon or neglect, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiccahua
aya(tl), a cotton or maguey cloak or blanket, thin or loosely woven, even possibly net-like, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Ayate Abandonado, o Ayate Descuidado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 809r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=692st=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:

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: