Teztic (MH524v)

Teztic (MH524v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex personal name Teztic ("Something White") is attested here as a woman's name. The idea of "white" is presented as two blank or uncolored rectangles connected by a line at their bases. The one on the viewer's left is upright, and the one on the right is more of a square.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is not clear, but the name White might have reflected an observation about skin color when the baby was born. Color names in the Codex Mendoza are often represented as rectangles, ovals, or circles that have that certain color inside. See some examples, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

maria teztic

Gloss Normalization: 

María Teztic

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: 
adjective
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
rectangular
Keywords: 

color names, nombres de colores, nombres de hombres

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

teztic, something white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teztic
-tic, a suffix for adjective-like substantives, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tic-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Blanca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 524v, World Digital Library.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=128&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: 
See Also: 

Iztac (MH524v)

coztic (Mdz23r)

texotli (Mdz43r)

tlatlauhqui (Mdz51r)