Nanacace (MH649v)

Nanacace (MH649v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the personal name Nanacace ("Angular Plant," attested here as pertaining to a man) shows a frontal view of a human ear (nacaztli) seemingly next to a mountain. The ear is a phonetic indicator for the reduplicated start of the name (Nanacaz-). The role played by the mountain is unclear. If it is not a mountain but rather folds of flesh (nacatl), then it could provide a visual reduplication of sorts.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This is a medicinal plant that grows in places like Xochimilco. It is considered angular or having corners, which would be how it gets the "ears" connotation.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

philipe nanacaçē

Gloss Normalization:

Felipe Nanacace

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Health, Medicine

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

ears, orejas, esquinas, plantas medicinales, hierbas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nacaz(tli), ear, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacaztli
nacace, something possessing ears, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacace
naca(tl), flesh or meat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nacatl
nanacace, a medicinal herb, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nanacace

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una planta angular con usos medicinales)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 649v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=381&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:

"i" for e

"ph" for f, p, or b

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: