Zaocnen (MH727v)

Zaocnen (MH727v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Zaocnen (perhaps “Still Just Useless”), is shown here as pertaining to a man. The glyph is the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. There is nothing particularly telling about his personality in the visual.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The name Zaocnen appears many times in this collection. In this case, the orthography does not quite match the usual spelling. The ç for z is not a problem, but the name ends in “ee,” when perhaps it should end in “en.”

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pilipe çaocnee

Gloss Normalization: 

Felipe Zocnen

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

flojera, inútil, comportamiento, personalidad, nombres negativos, nenetl, ídolos, imágenes, fuerzas divinas, muñecas, esculturas, deidades, mujeres, nombres de hombres

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

zaocnen, still just useless, and a personal name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zaocnen

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Todavía Simplemente Inútil

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 727v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=533&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: 

Zaocnen (MH501r)

Zaocnen (MH624v)

Zaocnen (MH630r)

Zaocnen (MH881v)

Zaocnen (MH733v)

Zaocnen (MH664v)