Tzoniztal (MH618v)

Tzoniztal (MH618v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzoniztal ("White Haired," attested here as a man's name, shows a broad lock of hair, standing straight up, with a tie around it, near the bottom. The tie brings to mind the tzontli or centzontli that is 400 (blades of grass, sticks, etc.) that were bundled and paid as tribute. The -itzal part of the name is not shown visually, unless one counts the lack of a colorant for the bundle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro çonistal

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Pedro Tzoniztal

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

white haired, canas, cabello, pelo, viejo, elder, nombres de hombres, men's names

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Con Canas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 618v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=319&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).

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