Yaoquizqui (MH746r)

Yaoquizqui (MH746r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Yaoquizqui (“Warrior”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows what may be a rounded war shield that is black with a white border. Such shields often stand for the word yaotl, meaning enemy or combatant. Yaoyotl is warfare. In front of the shield is a weapon that looks something like a dagger, or a knife, with a large blade and a handle.

Description, 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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
triangular
Keywords: 

escudos, rodelas, cuchillos, dagas, guerreros, nombres de hombres

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

yaoquizqui, warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaoquizqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Guerrero

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 746r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=570&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).

Orthography: 
dropped "n"
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yaoquiz (MH507r)