Zacacen (MH898r)

Zacacen (MH898r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Zacacen (perhaps literally, “Straw-Dried Maize Cob”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a maize cob with visible kernels. Coming off the top of the cob are short, vertical, straight lines that are suggestive of grass, straw, hay, etc. (zacate in Spanish).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The literal translation of this name is less than satisfactory, and so the compound might not be fully logographic.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

bartholome çacaçē

Gloss Normalization:

Bartolomé Zacacen

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:

Corn, Maize

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

spiky

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

maíz, mazorcas, hierbas, paja, heno, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zaca(tl), grasses, weeds, hay, straw, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zacatl
cen(tli) or cin(tli), dried maize cob, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/centli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

literalmente, Zacate-Mazorca

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 898r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=868&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:

"ç" for z or tz

"çe" for ce

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: