Tezcatl (MH642r)

Tezcatl (MH642r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or status, Tezcatl ("Mirror"), attested here as a man's name, shows a circle that is painted black. Surrounding this circle is a white band, and then another, outermost band of black. This appears to represent a black obsidian mirror (tezcatl).

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tezcatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Tezcatl

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)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

mirrors, espejos, nombres de hombres

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

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

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=366&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: 
See Also: 

tezcatl (MH504r)

tezcatl (MH504v)

Tezcatl (MH617r)