Mazayecuel (MH662r)

Mazayecuel (MH662r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mazayecuel (perhaps “Come On, Quickly”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an upright (right) hand (maitl). The forearm below the hand is wavy or curving. The hand seems to play a phonetic role, indicating that the name starts with “Ma-.” How the curvy arm comes into play is unclear.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The particles ma (let), za (just), ye (already), and cuel (quickly) will all appear on their own, as well as in combination. Translating a string like this in any exact way is tricky.

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:

Anatomy, human body parts

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

Keywords:

palabras de aliento, rápidamente, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

mazaye, expression of encouragement, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mazaye
cuel, quickly or right now, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuel
maza, let it be that…, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maza
ma, let, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ma
za, just, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/za
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Ándale, Rápido

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 662r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=404&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:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: