Mocauhqui (MH771v)

Mocauhqui (MH771v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mocauhqui ("Married Person") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a profile of a man's head, looking toward the viewer's right. The man wears a hat, which suggests a Spanish colonial cultural introduction.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po mōcāuhq~

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Mocauhqui

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

casados, sombreros, nombres de hombres

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

mocauhqui, a married person, also a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mocauhqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hombre Casado

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=617&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: 
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

español (Chav1)

Mocauhqui (MH771v)