Motocamaca (MH694v)

Motocamaca (MH694v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motocamaca (“Named”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the tribute payer’s head in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Four simple line volutes (speech scrolls) come out of his mouth. Perhaps he is naming something as he speaks.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See some examples (below) from the wide range of readings that can apply to a face that emits speech scrolls.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pablo motocamaca

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo Motocamaca

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

volute(s)

Keywords:

hablar, nombrar, volutas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tocamaca, to name, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tocamaca
mo- (pronominal prefix of a reflexive verb, third-person singular and plural), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Nombrado

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 694v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=469&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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