Tehuitzotl (MH829v)

Tehuitzotl (MH829v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tehuitzotl, which refers to a type of lily, is attested here as a man’s name. If not a flower itself, the glyph shows a bulb with six shoots coming out the top. The bulb also has three vertical, curving lines that give it a three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tevitzotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tehuitzotl

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: 
Flowers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
spiky
three-dimensionality
Keywords: 

flores, lirios, nombres de hombres

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

tehuitzo(tl), a type of lily, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tehuitzotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(un tipo de lirio)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 829v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=733&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: