Tzetzel (MH869r)

Tzetzel (MH869r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzetzel (not yet translated) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what looks like something celestial or perhaps a group of straw. The name seems to be apocopated from a longer term, but it is unclear which dictionary words might provide a clue to this name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pilipe . tzetzel

Gloss Normalization:

Felipe Tzetzel

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)

reduplication (in gloss/text)

reduplication (visual)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzetzeloa, to shake something (such as clothing or a fruit tree), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzetzeloa
tzetzelihui, to sprinkle or snow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzetzelihui
tzetzelhuia, to sift or sieve something for someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzetzelhuia

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 869r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=810&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:

"i" for e

"p" or "ph" for f, p, or b

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: