Tziuhtlacauhqui (MH537v)

Tziuhtlacauhqui (MH537v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or occupation Tziuhtlacauhqui (“Marmot Feather Tribute Payer,” attested here as pertaining to a man) shows a frontal view of a hand holding what may be three feathers [presumably from a marmot, tziuhtli). The hand serves the semantic purpose of suggesting that the person holding the feathers is presenting them as tribute.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

fran^co tziuhtlacauhq~

Gloss Normalization:

Francisco Tziuhtlacauhqui

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

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)

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

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

Feathers

Gender (male)

Markets, Commerce, Economy

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

pointed (see also spiky)

spiky

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

inherent/internal/merged

Keywords:

feathers, plumas, birds, pájaros, pagar en tributos, entregar tributos en plumas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tziuh(tli), a marmot, a bird, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tziuhtli
tlacahua, to pay in tributes, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacahua
qui, one who does this, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/qui-4

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Que Paga Tributos en Plumas

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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: