Yacapich (MH660v)

Yacapich (MH660v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yacapich (perhaps "Bug") is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what appears to be a beetle (in body shape) with four legs, although most beetles have six legs. The bug is painted completely black.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

thomas yacapich

Gloss Normalization: 

Tomás Yacapich

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
facing downward
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

bichos, insectos, animalitos, nombres de hombres

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

yacapich(tli), a bug or insect?, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yacapichtli
yaca(tl), nose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yacatl
pich(in), something small, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pichin
piya, to have something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/piya

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(cierto bicho o insecto?)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 660v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=401&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: 

Yacapichtlan (Mdz8r)

Yacapichtlan (Mdz24v)

Xaltocan (Mdz17v)

Moyotl (MH501r)