Yacapepetz (MH639v)

Yacapepetz (MH639v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This large circle filled in with black is the simplex glyph for the personal name Yacapepetz (perhaps "Shiny Nose") is attested here as a man's name. Perhaps the black circle is meant to convey "smooth and shiny" (pepetztic), in the way of a frontal view of a black mirror (tezcatl), although it lacks the red or white border around it. It does not necessarily bring the "nose" (yacatl) part to mind.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This glyph requires further, close study.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

yacapapetz

Gloss Normalization:

Yacapepetz

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:

adjective

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

Keywords:

nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yaca(tl), nose or peak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yacatl
pepetztic, smooth and shiny, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pepetztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Nariz Brillante

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 639v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=361&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: