Huexotzincatl (MH905v)

Huexotzincatl (MH905v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnicity Huexotzincatl, (“Person from Huexotzinco”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a frontal view of a tree, presumably the white willow (huexotl). It has two branches.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

As it appears in the contextualizing image, the face of the tribute payer who has this name has been blackened. This is to indicate that he has passed away. See other examples of people from Huexotzincatl. The ethnic details vary.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ju^o. huexotzincatl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Huexotzincatl

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

sauces, árboles, etnicidades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Huexotzincatl, one from Huexotzinco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huexotzincatl
huexo(tl), a white willow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huexotl
-ca(tl) (affiliation suffix), for place names ending in -co, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Huexotzinco (hoy, Huejotzingo)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 905v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=883&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: