Yaozaca (MH629r)

Yaozaca (MH629r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the personal name Yaozaca ("War Grass," attested here as a man's name) shows a war shield, which is typically used to convey yao- (war related) or yaotl (combatant, enemy). The shield does not hae the perfectly round shape of the pre-contact war shield, which may suggest European influence. Its design is a white cross (+) on a black background. Coming out of the top of the shield are eight blades of grass, hay, or straw.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio
yauçaca

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Yaozaca

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: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiky
cross (+)
frontal view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

escudos, rodelas, paja, pastos, hierbas, guerra, nombres de hombres

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

yao(tl), combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
zaca(tl), weeds, hay, grasses, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content-zacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Rodela Militar de Zacate

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=340&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
"u" for o
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Yaotl (MH484v)

Zacacatl (MH507r)