Tizocyahuacatl (Mdz65r)

Tizocyahuacatl (Mdz65r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This example of iconography shows a standing male, in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. He wears an elaborate cape and headdress. The gloss, Tizocyahuacatl, may refer to his name or his title. A glyph attached to him represents an alcoholic beverage, octli, and that syllable, "oc," is found in the gloss. Given that he may be a functionary whose role is to offer white pulque, it makes sense that his glyph would show a bowl of pulque.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The first "c" in the gloss is not given as a "ç," which is surprising.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ticocyahuacatl.

Gloss Normalization:

Tizocyahuacatl.

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Beverages

Feathers

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Politics, Power, Governance

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

Shapes and Perspectives:

dotted, granular, textured

vertical, upright

Keywords:

officials, funcionarios

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

oc(tli), pulque, an alcoholic beverage, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/octli
tizocyahuaca(tl), one who offers white pulque, a title for a functionary close to the tlahtoani, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tizocyahuacatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el título de un funcionario

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 65 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00...

Image Source, Rights:

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)