Temiz (MH668v)

Temiz (MH668v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Temiz (or Tehmiz, “Wildcat”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a wildcat (temiztli) in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. The cat has protruding teeth and a spotted coat. Below the cat is half of a vertical stone, with its curling ends, diagonal stripe, and two-tone coloring. The stone is a phonetic indicator that the name starts with Te-.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Two other examples of glyphs for the name Temiz appear below. They also have the stone to differentiate the name Temiztli from Miztli and Amiztlato.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
striped
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
diagonal or angled
profile view
facing right
Keywords: 

gatos ajenos, gatos silvestres, nombres de hombres

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

temiz(tli), a wildcat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Gato Montés

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 668v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=417&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: 

Temiz (MH493r)

Temiz (MH497v)

Miztli (MH499r)

Amiztlato (MH643v)