Tepozmitl (MH488v)

Tepozmitl (MH488v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepozmitl (“Metal Arrow,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an upright arrow (mitl). Apparently some part of the arrow is made of metal (tepoztli).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

gaspar tepozmitl

Gloss Normalization:

Gaspar Tepozmitl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing upward

pointed (see also spiky)

vertical, upright

Keywords:

flechas, metales

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tepoz(tli), copper or metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli.
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flecha de Metal

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 488v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=56&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: