Hueyacamitl (MH900v)

Hueyacamitl (MH900v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Hueyacamitl (“Large Cane Arrow”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical arrow, point up, with three barbs on the tip and fletching at the lower end. At about the middle, off the right side, is half a pool of water (atl), with alternating thick and thin lines of current (concentric half-circles) that suggest it is a whirlpool (with movement). The purpose of the atl seems to be to provide a phonetic complement to the “a” of acatl.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Since the water almost seems to be a part of the weapon, two swirling water glyphs appear below to support the reading of atl. The intentionality of the large (huey) size of this arrow also becomes evident when seeing a more typical acamitl (below).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

domīgo hueyacamitl

Gloss Normalization: 

Domingo Hueyacamitl

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

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

flechas, armas, agua, cañas, tamaño, nombres de hombres

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

Flecha Grande de Caña

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 900v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=873&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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