Macuiloc (MH650r)

Macuiloc (MH650r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing with gray shading presents the simplex glyph plus notation for Macuiloc (apparently "The Fifth Pulque," attested here as pertaining to a man). Five vertical short lines represent the notation for the number 5. They sit on the top of a jug that is shown in profile, facing toward the right. The jug handle is on the left. Shading is used to provide three-dimensionality. Presumably, the jug holds octli (pulque).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Teooctli or macuiloctli were beverages that played a role in welcome rites, according to Elena Mazzetto and Natalia Moragas, "Simbolismo y uso litúrgico de algunas variedades de octli entre los antiguos nahuas. Un primer acercamiento,"
Revista de Estudos da Religião 15:1 (June 2015):3l.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego macuiloc

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Macuiloc

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
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Beverages
Ceramics, Pottery
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
linear or multiple straight lines
frontal view
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

pulque, bebidas, cerámica, números, cinco, nombres de hombres

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

macuiloc(tli), the “fifth” pulque, or a type of alcoholic beverage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuiloctli
macuil(li), five, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuilli
oc(tli), pulque, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/octli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Pulque Quinto

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=382&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

octli (Mdz71r)

octli (Mdz65r)

octli (Verg6r)