Antleyocan (MH895r)

Antleyocan (MH895r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the possible personal name Antleyocan (perhaps “Full of Nothing” or “Empty”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows just a frontal view of a bag or sack (perhaps intending xiquipilli). The left side has hatch marks that give it a three-dimensionality. It is difficult to determine if this bag is empty, which could be suggested by antlein (none), if that is the correct interpretation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

To have an empty xiquipilli is to be without money or other precious things, such as cacao beans or silk seeds, perhaps a reference to poverty. The orthography used in the gloss puts the interpretation in question. Also, the -yocan suffix refers to a place full of something, which might not fit with a personal name.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

calisto antleoca

Gloss Normalization: 

Calixto Antleyocan

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

Keywords: 

bolsas, vacío, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Lleno de Nada, o Vacío

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 895r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=862&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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