Tzoniztal (MH634r)

Tzoniztal (MH634r)
Simplex Glyph

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, vertical lock of hair that is bound at the bottom which what appears to be a twisted cord. This clump of hair (tzontli) does not appear to be white.

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

tzoniztal

Gloss Normalization:

Tzoniztal

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:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Gender (male)

Hair (human or animal)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

linear or multiple straight lines

frontal view

spiky

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

Keywords:

white haired, canas, cabello, pelo, viejo, elder

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzoniztal(li), white hair or a white-haired person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzoniztalli
iztac, white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Él Con Canas

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 634r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=350st=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:

"l" for r

"r" for l

Historical Contextualizing Image: