Amatec (MH836r)

Amatec (MH836r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amatec (“Paper Cutter”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows simply a white triangle in a frontal view. This intends the word for paper, amatl. Given that paper is typically shown as a rectangle, the hypotenuse of the triangle seems to be the cutting edge, referring to the -tec part of the name (from tecqui, cutter). But another glyph for Amatec does show a rectangular piece of paper.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā amatec

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Amatec

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

papeles, cortar, triángulos, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cortador de Papel

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 836r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=746&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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