Moxelo (MH677v)

Moxelo (MH677v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Moxelo (perhaps “He Caused Division”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hatchet at an angle between two vertical beams. They have probably been cut, and they are separated. The translation seems to require further research.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See another example of a glyph for the name Moxelo, below, which shows only a hatchet.

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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

hachas, vigas, separar, dividir, nombres de hombres

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

moxeloani, one who causes division, separation, or disharmony, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/moxeloani
xeloa, to divide, cut up, disperse, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xeloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Causó División

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 677v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=435&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: 

Moxelo (MH769v)