Itzehecatl (MH666v)

Itzehecatl (MH666v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Itzehecatl (“Obsidian-Wind,”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows three obsidian blades (itztli) and three or more volutes that suggest wind (ehecatl).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Typically, glyphs showing the divine force of the wind (Ehecatl) have glosses that do not recognize the reduplication of the first syllable, using ecatl or eca-, instead. Here, where the deity is not obvious in the iconography of the glyph, we do find the reduplication of the syllable.

The name in the reverential, Itzehecatzin, was held by a famous Tlaxcaltecatl, and it is still found in use today in Instagram and Facebook. Here, the name was in used by a tribute payer.

John Montgomery drew a group of wind glyphs (possibly mainly Mixtec), showing the variety of ways the blowing device might look. It is published in FAMSI, Inc.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

martin ytzeecatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Itzehecatl

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)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
visual movement
visual sound
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Religion (Indigenous)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Weather, Climate
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
volute(s)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
Keywords: 

obsidian, obsidiana, wind, viento, curving, espiral, cuchillos, aire, navajas

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
ehecatl, wind, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ehecatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 666v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=413&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: 
See Also: 

Itzehecatl (MH544r)