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 -tecuh- part of the name is provided by the diadem, which is a triangular shape with a black mesh and red trim that ties in the back of the head. The diadem is a xiuhhuitzolli, but it regularly appears as a glyph for tecuhtli, lord. The mo- (reflexive) and -zoma (to be angry) parts of the name are not shown visually.

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 (no-, to-, i-, etc.)

tec, tecu, tecuhtli, or motecu (a diadem)

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:

checked, cross-hatched, or mesh

facing right

profile view

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

Keywords:

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

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Motecuhzoma, name of two Mexican rulers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/motecuhzoma
tecuh(tli), lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
zoma, to frown in anger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoma

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Que Se Muestra Enojado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Enrique Vela (Arqueología Mexicana, no. 40, 2011)

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: