Macuilaca (MH607r)

Macuilaca (MH607r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph and notation representing the personal name Macuilaca (Five-Reed, or 5-Reed), shows five (macuilli) dots lined up vertically. On their left is a frontal view of vertical reed or cane (acatl) with round ends and three segments. This is a calendar name, with acatl being a day sign.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Some calendrical names in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco have lost their number element and some have lost their day signs, only retaining the numbers. Sometimes the tlacuilos make mistakes in rendering the numbers. See below. It is unclear whether the changes in calendrical names represent an effort to disguise them and avoid the displeasure of the clergy or whether the use of the tonalpohualli was organically fading. Calendrics were an important element in the Nahuas' religious view of the cosmos.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juan maCuilaca

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Macuilaca

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:

calendrics

day name

personal name

numbers

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Numbers, Math

Plants, Flora

Religion (Indigenous)

Time, Calendar, Frequency

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

segmented

vertical, upright

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

números, plantas, calendarios, fechas, días, tonalpohualli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

macuil(li), five, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/macuilli
aca(tl), reed or cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Diez Caña, o 10-Caña

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 607r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=296st=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: