Tetepotztocatl (MH776r)

Tetepotztocatl (MH776r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal or ethnic name Tetepotztocatl ("One Who Follows Behind") is attested here as pertaining to a man. While this "name" may actually be someone from a certain pueblo with a similar name, the signs shows footprints behind a human back. These are semantic references to the activity of following behind someone (see the verb, tetepotztoca). The multiple footprints might help cover visually the reduplication of the tete- part of the name.

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: 

pedro. tetepoztocatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tetepotztocatl

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)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
reduplication (visual)
verb
visual plural (multiples of objects)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Footprint(s), human
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
facing right
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
right to left
Keywords: 

seguir, huellas, huella, paso, pasos, step, steps, footprint, footprints, icximachiyotl, xocpalli, icxipamitl, detrás, espalda, trasero, nombres de hombres, afiliación con un pueblo

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

tetepotztoca, to pursue or follow another person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetepotztoca
-catl (affiliation suffix) inhabitant of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

(una persona de Tetepotztlan)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 776r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=626&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: 
"z" for tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: