Teixtlaquiza (MH777r)

Teixtlaquiza (MH777r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Teixtlaquiza ("Goes Out In Front of People") is attested here as a man's name. The frontal view of a human eye (now in a very much European style) provides the phonetic indicator for the "-ix-" part of the name. The footprints suggest the verb quiza, to go out. The "Te-" start to the name is not provided visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Footprint glyphs have a wide range of translations. In this collection, so far, we can attest to yauh, xo, pano, -pan, paina, temo, nemi, quetza, otli, iyaquic hualiloti, huallauh, tepal, tetepotztoca, totoco, otlatoca, -tihui, and the vowel "o." Other research (Herrera et al, 2005, 64) points to additional terms, including: choloa, tlaloa, totoyoa, eco, aci, quiza, maxalihui, centlacxitl, and xocpalli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

damiya teiztlaquiça

Gloss Normalization: 

Damián Teixtlaquiza

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
adverb
indefinite "te"
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Footprint(s), human
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
frontal view
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

ojos, huellas, salir, nombres de hombres

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

te-, nonspecific human object prefix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te
ixtla-, in front of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ixtla
quiza, to go out, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/quiza

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Sale Delante de la Gente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 777r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=628&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
intrusive "y"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Quiztli (MH661v)