Maceuh (MH625v)

Maceuh (MH625v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Maceuh ("Dancer") is attested here as a man's name. It involves simply adding a feather to the top and back of the tribute payer's head. The curvy, spiky feather is attached with a white clip or a tie. An additional head is not included. The feather calls to mind "dancer" (maceuh), the man's name, but not necessarily his occupation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for an example of Cuezal, which may be the same type of feather as this one. Other types of feathers also appear below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

bartasal
maceuh

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Maceuh

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: 
Feathers
Gender (male)
Music, Song, Dance
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
profile view
spiky
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

deserving, merecedor, plumas, feathers, dancer, bailador, bailarín, danzante, nombres de hombres

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

maceuh(tli), something obtained through merit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maceuhtli
macehua, to dance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macehua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Algo Recibido Por Mérito, o El Danzante

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 625v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=333&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: 
"l" for r
"r" for l
"s" for z
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuezal (MH518r)

Ayocuan (MH493r)

Chamolmani (MH490v)

Maceuhqui (MH676v)