Xiuhtecatl (MH839v)

Xiuhtecatl (MH839v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xiuhtecatl (perhaps “Turquoise Artisan”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of three curly leaves–presumably the new growth that enjoys the name xihuitl, a homophone for the xihuitl of turquoise and year.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A feather worker was an amantecatl, and therefore, a xiuhtecatl may have been an artisan who worked with turquoise. Another glyph for Xiuhtecal shows–instead–turquoise tesserae, which may help underline the possibly intended meaning here.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tolibio xiuhtecatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Toribio Xiuhtecatl

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: 
homophony, rebus
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Plants, Flora
Turquoise or Jade
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

hojas verdes, plantas, turquesa, oficios, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

xihui(tl), turquoise, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
-tecatl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Un Artesano Que Trabaja con Turquesa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 839v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=753&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: 
"l" for r
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xiuhtecatl (MH626v)