Tlazoxiuhcatl (MH873v)

Tlazoxiuhcatl (MH873v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlazoxxiuhcatl (perhaps “Person from Tlazoxiuhco”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what appear to be two triangular turquoise pieces (tesserae). Above these are what appear to be four quetzalli (quetzal feathers), which have a gree-blue (-xiuh-) color as does turquoise. Both quetzal feathers and turquoise are items of preciosity. The -catl affiliation suffix is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The place name Tlazoxiuhco, below, emphasizes turquoise. Another glyph combines quetzal feathers and turquoise pieces.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

matheo tlaçoxiuhcatl

Gloss Normalization:

Mateo Tlazoxiuhcatl

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:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity, Othering

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiky

tesserae (small rectangles for mosaics)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

turquesa, quetzales, cosas preciosas, pueblos, etnicidad, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tlazo-, dear or precious, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlazo
xiuh-, turquoise or something blue-green in color, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiuh-1
-catl (affiliation suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Persona de Tlazoxiuhco

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 873v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=819&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

"th" for t, d, or gd

Historical Contextualizing Image: