Tepoz (MH521v)

Tepoz (MH521v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Tepoz shows the copper {tepoztli) blade of a hatchet. The red color is suggestive of the copper. The sharp edge is upright, and the blade is much wider at the sharp edge than at the bottom, where it would have been tied to a stick (although no stick or handle is showing here). The sides curve.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The blade alone says tepoztli (metal, copper), but the word is also the name for the axe. Furthermore, an axe can stand for an occupation that involves using an axe. In the Codex Mendoza, axe blades are a terracotta orange. This red is somewhat unusual, but it does suggest copper. At least one axe in this collection (texinqui, MH519v) shows a black blade; it may be a metal that was introduced by Europeans.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juao Tepoz

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tepoz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood, José Aguayo-Barragán

Colors: 
black
red
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

metals, metales, cobre, hachas

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

tepoz(tli), copper, axe, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Cobre

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 521v, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=122&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: 

tepoztli (Mdz5v)

tepoztli (Mdz41r)

Tepoz (MH486v)

texinqui (MH519v)