Motecuhzoma (MH784r)

Motecuhzoma (MH784r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black, white, and red drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motecuhzoma is attested here as a man's name. The Mo- start to the name (a second-person possessive pronoun) is not shown visually. The -tecuh- part of the name is provided by the diadem, which is a triangular shape, has a black mesh and red trim that ties in the back of the head. The diadem has both a phonetic and a semantic value, standing for the term tecuhtli, lord.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

motecuhçoma

Gloss Normalization:

Motecuhzoma

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

profile view

facing right

Keywords:

gobernantes famosos, personas famosas, nombres de hombres, diademas, coronas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mo-, possessive pronoun, your (singular), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo
tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
Motecuhzoma, name of a Mexican ruler, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/motecuhzoma
zoma, to frown in anger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoma

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Su Feroz Señor

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 784r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=642&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:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: