Caxtentzon (MH900v)

Caxtentzon (MH900v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Caxtentzon (literally, “Container-Beard”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a cup (caxitl, in this case) attached by two horizontal lines to a black beard beard (tentzontli) that has been added to the tribute payer himself. He also has some lighter hair higher on his cheeks and what appears to be a mustache. The cup has some shading that gives it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The literal translation of this name is not entirely satisfactory. If the name is not meant to be literal, then the compound might not be fully logographic. A heavy black beard such as this one might suggest some mestizaje, or a biological and cultural mixing between the Nahuas and the colonizers from Spain, considering that the latter tended to have heavier beards.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

andres . castentzō cachiuhq~

Gloss Normalization:

Andrés Caxtentzon, cacchiuhqui

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:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

shading and parallel line hatching

three-dimensionality

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

right to left

Keywords:

tazas, contenedores, vasos, barbas, bigotes, pelos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

cax(itl), container or dish, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caxitl
tentzon(tli), beard, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tentzontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

literalmente, Vaso-Barba

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).

Orthography:

"s" for x

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: