Tizapanecatl (MH727v)

Tizapanecatl (MH727v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the ethnic affiliation, Tizapanecatl ("Person from Tizapan"), is shown here as pertaining to a man. The elements of the compound include a piece of chalk (tizatl), which looks something like a piece of popcorn, and an upright, rectangular flag (pamitl) on a probably wooden post, flying toward the viewer’s right. The affiliation suffix (-ecatl) is not shown visually in this glyph.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit:

Tizatl often appears as dots. Here, however, it is apparently in a clump with rounded edges.

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flags, banners

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

tiza, banderas, nombres de lugares, etnicidades, afiliación, pueblos

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons:

Museum/Rare Book Notes:

This piece of tizatl (tiza in Spanish) is located in the Museo de Paleontología in Parque Agua Azul, Guadalajara. Photo by S. Wood, 16 April 2025.

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tiza(tl), chalk, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tizatl
pam(itl), flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl
-pan (locative suffix) on, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pan
-ecatl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Tizapan)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 727v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=533&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 "y"

Historical Contextualizing Image: