Yaoceuhqui (MH708v)

Yaoceuhqui (MH708v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Yaoceuhqui (perhaps “Diminished Warrior”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a rectangular arrangement of four spear-like projectiles (tlacochin) enclosing a frontal view of a house. Perhaps the spears are suggestive of a warrior (yaotl) and perhaps the home is suggestive of someone being tamed or domesticated (ceuhqui).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Although the gloss does not support this, another reading for this compound that comes to mind is Tlacochcalcatl, a title held by nobles with governing or judicial responsibilities, but also an official at the pueblo level. A Tlacochcalcatl could also be an ethnic label for someone from the town of Tlacochcalco (and there is one in the Tlaxcala region).

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)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Architecture, Construction, Buildings

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

white/neutral

yellow or golden

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inward (from outside in)

Keywords:

casas, calli, chantli, jabalinas, lanzas, nombres de hombres, etnicidades

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Yaoceuhqui, a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaoceuhqui
ceuhqui, diminished, weakened, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ceuhqui
yao(tl), warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
yaoyo(tl), warfare, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaoyotl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 708v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=495&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).

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