Tezcamitl (MH504v)

Tezcamitl (MH504v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the personal name Tezcamitl ("Mirror-Arrow," attested here as a man's name) shows a mirror in the upper right corner and an arrow at an angle, pointing right at the mirror. The mirror is a black circle, probably polished obsidian, with a white band around it, segmented by hash marks. The arrow has a head with three or four black barbs. The arrow's tail has fletching.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The barbed point is reminiscent of the tlaxichtli and the quetzalmitl (see below). The hash marks around the circle may intend to give it a vibrance, or they may suggest something about the construction of the frame.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Juā tezcamitl

Gloss Normalization:

Juan Tezcamitl

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Hunting and Fishing

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Weapons, Shields, Armor

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiky

diagonal or angled

circle, circular or rounded

profile view

facing right

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

right to left

Keywords:

mirrors, espejos, arrows, flechas, mitl, tlaxichtli, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tezca(tl), mirror, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tezcatl
mi(tl), arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Flecha-Espejo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 504v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=88&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).

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