Tenzacatl (MH884r)

Tenzacatl (MH884r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tenzacatl (“Long Lip Plug”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a short line from the tribute payer’s mouth going to a large, upward curving, pointed labret. It is shown in profile, facing the viewer’s right. It has a vertical, flat edge on the left side. The overall effect is much like a thorn that might come off a rose.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

See some examples of people wearing lip or chin ornamentation below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. tençacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Tenzacatl

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)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

pointed (see also spiky)

profile view

Keywords:

bezotes, labrets, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tenzaca(tl), a long lip plug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tenzacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Bezote Largo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 884r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=840&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

Historical Contextualizing Image: