Tzetzel (MH549v)

Tzetzel (MH549v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph stands for the personal name Tzetzel ("He Who Shakes Out Clothing," atttested here as a man's name). It shows a frontal view of a rectangular piece of fabric being held up by a short-haired man whose head is shown in profile, looking to the viewer's left. The fabric seems to have some slight folds at the corners and some vertical lines that may suggest additional folds, or in other words, the fabric has a three-dimensional look.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The root of the name may be a verb, tzetzeloa. (See the link to the dictionary entry.) It is interesting that the name Amol (Soap) appears fairly close to this person, possibly suggestive that people in this neighborhood do laundry for others.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juā tzetzel

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tzetzel

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
reduplication (in gloss/text)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing left
Keywords: 

clothing, ropa, fabric, tela, nombres de hombres

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

tzetzeloa, to shake out clothing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzetzeloa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Sacude la Ropa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 549v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=178&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: 

ome tlapixque (T1871:1)