Tziuhtecatl (MH879v)

Tziuhtecatl (MH879v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tziuhtecatl (perhaps “Keeper of Green Herbs or Turquoise”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a horizontal small black object with four barbs or a short branch with four leaves pointing upward. The object requires further analysis. It was either a name held by a couple of elite Nahua men, or the orthography is questionable, and it refers to a keeper of turquoise or green herbs.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This name may have something to do with the turquoise-browed marmot (tziuhtli). See two other names that start with Tziuh, below, where feathers come into play. Then there are the two place names in the Codex Mendoza, Tziccoac (below), which feature serpents with a lot of turquoise in their coloring.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

luystziuhtecatl

Gloss Normalization:

Luis Tziuhtecatl

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:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

diagonal or angled

Keywords:

turquesas, plumas, pájaros, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tziuhtecatl, a famous name or a variant of Xiuhtecatl, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tziuhtecatl
tziuh(tli), a turquoise-browed marmot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tziuhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Guardián de Turquesas o Hierbas Verdes

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 879v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=831&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:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: