Iyaqui (MH813v)

Iyaqui (MH813v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iyaqui (“Young Distinguished Warrior”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a man’s head facing toward the viewer’s right. He has face paint or tattooing on his cheek and what appears to be a thorn pointing outward from below his lower lip. These details suggest a certain look for a distinguished warrior or else a certain ethnicity that may have been associated with such warriors.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Iyaqui is a popular name, as become evident in the various examples below. But the way these glyphs were drawn or painted varies considerably, with several having phonetic elements that draw from the word for on end, upright, or on foot (see iyaquic).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

etnicidad, pintura en la cara, espinas, guerrero, nombres de hombres

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

iyaqui, young distinguished warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyaqui
iyaquic, on end, upright, or on foot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iyaquic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Guerrero Joven y Distinguido

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 813v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=701&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: 
"g" for c, q, or x
"y" for i
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Iyaqui (MH653r)

Iyaqui (MH647r)

Iyaqui (MH658v)

Iyaqui (MH638v)

Iyaqui (MH515r)

Iyaqui (MH629r)