Tetzilacatl (MH756r)

Tetzilacatl (MH756r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tetzilacatl (perhaps “Copper Dance Instrument”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a bell with a loop at the top for hanging and a large clapper protruding from the mouth. There may also be a string hanging from the clapper.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Examples of bells with different names appear below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

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)

Metals, Minerals, Mining

Music, Song, Dance

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bell-shaped (upright)

frontal view

Keywords:

cobre, campanas, campanillas, cascabeles, metales, hacer son, bailar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tetzilaca(tl), a copper dance instrument, a percussion instrument, a gong, or a clapper for a bell, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetzilacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Instrumento de Cobre Para Bailar

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 756r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=590&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

"d" for t

Historical Contextualizing Image: