Tozquihua (MH606v)

Tozquihua (MH606v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound personal name Tozquihua (perhaps "He Can Sing Well") shows a profile of the head of a man. Around his throat (tozquitl) is a ring of feathers, presumably from the yellow-headed parrot (toztli). Tozquitl also refers to someone with a good singing voice.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Tozquihua was additionally the name of a lord of Chalco. So perhaps this man was given a famous name in lieu of a reference to his singing voice. See other examples of glyphs of the name Tozquihua, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pedro tozquiva

Gloss Normalization:

Pedro Tozquihua

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Feathers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

voz, cantar, música, pájaros, plumas, feathers, gobernantes famosos, Chalco

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

toz(tli), yellow headed parrot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/toztli
tozquihua, throat, or someone with a singing voice, also the name of a famous lord of Chalco, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozquihua
-hua, possession, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

el nombre de un famoso gobernante de Chalco, o Alguien Con una Voz

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 606v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=295st=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: