Zacaquen (MH788r)

Zacaquen (MH788r)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zacaquen ("Grass Ritual Bib") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a rectangular-shaped garment, a ritual bib (quemitl) made from vertical pieces of grass. It has a tie attached along the top perimeter and extending off to the left and right, apparently with the ends of the tie meant to come together at the back of the neck.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The quemitl comes in an array of materials, as shown in other examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

p^o çacāgue

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Pedro Zacaquen

Gloss/Text 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:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

tied, bound, or bundled

woven

Keywords:

nombres de hombres, prenda ritual, zacate, regalia, textiles, ropa, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zacaquem(itl), grass, straw, or hay ritual bib, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacaquemitl
zaca(tl), grasses, hay, straw, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
quem(itl), bib-like ritual garment, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quemitl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 787r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=650&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:

"çi" for ci

"g" for c, q, or x

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: