Necuametl (MH619v)

Necuametl (MH619v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black and white simplex glyph for the personal name Necuametl ("Palm Tree," attested here as a man's name) shows an upright tree with relatively large leaves and small branches.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tomas negvametl

Gloss Normalization:

Tomás Necuametl

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

vertical, upright

frontal view

leaf, marquise, pointed oval

Keywords:

magueyes, palmas, plantas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

necuame(tl), a type of tree like a palm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/necuametl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Maguey o El Árbol Parecido a la Palma

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 619v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=321&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

"v" for u, uh, or hu

Historical Contextualizing Image: