zannennenqui (Mdz70r)

zannennenqui (Mdz70r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of iconography is included in this collection with the intention of providing material for interpreting glyphs. This zannennenqui is a man standing in partial profile, looking to the viewer's left. He wears a loincloth (only the waist band is visible) and a plain gray-white cape tied over his left shoulder. His hands and feet are twisted backward, as though he is deformed or has been injured.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The name for this person could be broken into zan nen nenqui, one who lives in vain, or lives for nothing. The gloss refers to him as a vagabond (vagamundo in Spanish), but he appears to be disabled. It could have the implication that he was and outcast and reflect a bias against alter-abled people. Note, below, several personal names that start with or contain "nen" which is often represented as a doll or "idol" image (from the point of view of the clergy), providing the negative phonetic syllable.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

vaga mundo

Gloss Normalization:

vagamundo

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

zan (and zan oc)

ne or nen syllable

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Personality, Behavior

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

gray

tan

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

Keywords:

inútil, flojera, habilidades alternativas, discapacitados, minusválidos, perjuicios, alterabled

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zannennenqui, one who lives in vain, or lives for nothing, useless, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zannennenqui
zannen, in vain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zannen
zan, just, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zan
nen, in vain or idle, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nen
nenqui, one who lives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nenqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el vagamundo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Alonso de Molina

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 70 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 150 of 188.

Image Source, Rights:

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)