Ce Ecatl (MH753r)

Ce Ecatl (MH753r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph plus notation for the personal name Ce Ecatl (or better, Ce Ehecatl, “One Wind” or “1-Wind”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows an anthropomorphic head in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. It wears a buccal mask of the sort associated with the divine force of the wind (Ehecatl), who also typically has vertical stripes on his cheek. Above his head is a short vertical line standing for the notation of one (ce). This is a calendrical name from the tonalpohualli, the religious divinatory calendar of 260 days, each with a day name plus a number from one to thirteen.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Calendrical names were being discouraged by the Christian clergy, so sometimes by the date of this manuscript (1560) calendrical names were becoming distorted, perhaps intentionally disguised, with the day name or its companion number dropping away. This one still has both features.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

números, nombres de deidades, calendarios, tonalpohualli, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Uno Viento, or 1-Viento

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 753r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=584&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).

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