Amantecatl (MH901v)

Amantecatl (MH901v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Amantecatl (“Person from Amantlan” or, “Feather Worker”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a square, white, piece of paper (amatl) and a horizontal stone (tetl), providing phonetic indicators for two of the elements of the name. The stone has typically curling ends and a diagonal black line through its middle. The final -catl of the affiliation suffix is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See other examples of amantecatl glyphs below. Most feature feathers.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Joseph amateca^tl

Gloss Normalization:

Joseph Amantecatl

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Writing, Literacy

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

frontal view

rectangular

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

striped

Keywords:

plumas, oficios, piedras, papel, amate, etnicidad, pueblos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

amanteca(tl), an artisan, often a feather worker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amantecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Amantlan, o Plumajero

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 901v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=875&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: