Yaoilacatz (MH843r)

Yaoilacatz (MH843r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Yaoilacatz (perhaps “Combatant Who Twists”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a war shield (chimalli) which is the common sign for yaotl (combatant). Above the shield is something twisted, perhaps an ilacatziuhqui.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

How twisting relates to being a combatant may involve running in a zigzag fashion on the battlefield to avoid arrows, but this is just conjecture. The Digital Florentine Codex features a tree with a twisted trunk along with the descriptor ilacatziuhqui. This twisting is also reminiscent of malinalli, twisted grasses.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

marcos yaoylacaz

Gloss Normalization:

Marcos Yaoilacatz

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

War or Conflict

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

cross (+)

frontal view

twisted or entwined

Keywords:

guerra, guerreros, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

yao(tl), enemy or combatant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yaotl
ilacatzihui, to twist, entwine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ilacatzihui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Combatiente Retorcido

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 843r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=760&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:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: