Mocuetlaz (MH716r)

Mocuetlaz (MH716r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This simplex glyph for the personal name, Mocuetlaz, attested here as a man’s name, shows a frontal view of a rectangular, striped skirt (cueitl). There is a horizontal border along the bottom, and the stripes are vertical. The other elements in the gloss remain elusive.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Perhaps the gloss should read, “Mocuetlax,” meaning “Your Tanned Leather.” The mo- could be a reflexive start to a verb, or it could be a second-person singular possessive pronoun.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

martin mocuetlaz

Gloss Normalization:

Martín Mocuetlaz

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)

verb

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

border (red, plain, or patterned)

frontal view

rectangular

striped

Keywords:

ropa, faldas, textiles, piel, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cue(itl), skirt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cueitl
tlaza, to hurl, toss aside, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaza
cuetlax(tli), tanned leather, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuetlaxtli

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 716r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=510&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: