Itzmitl (MH778r)

Itzmitl (MH778r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itzmitl ("Obsidian-Head-Arrow") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a short arrow (mitl) with the black obsidian (itztli) point facing downward. The partial arrow shaft has one small horizontal line across it, retaining the segmentation of the original bamboo-like cane (called carrizo in Spanish).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

falthesal. izmitl

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Itzmitl

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)
Hunting and Fishing
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing downward
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
segmented
Keywords: 

flechas, puntas de proyectil, hojas de obsidiana, cuchillos, nombres de hombres

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

itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 778r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=630&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: 
"e" for a
"f" for b
"l" for r
"s" for z
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: