Tetzalan (MH870r)

Tetzalan (MH870r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tetzalan (perhaps “Someone Between Things” or “Among People”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a 3/4 view of a man standing with two large circles in front of him, at about chest height, perhaps closing him in. These objects have yet to be identified, but the man seems caught in the middle (-tzalan).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

See below for other examples involving -tzalan. The first one has round shapes to indicate the “between” state, much like this one.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco . tetzallā

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Tetzalan

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)
preposition
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
back to front
Keywords: 

preposición, entre, gente, nombres de hombres

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

tetzalan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzalan
-tzalan, between, among, in the midst, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzalan
Te- (nonspecific human object prefix) people or someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Alguien Entre Cosas, o Entre la Gente

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 870r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=812&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: 
intrusive "l"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tequitzalan (MH492v)

Atzallan (MH496r)

Cuetzpaltlatzalan (CQ)

Tlatzalan Tetl Onoc (CQ)