Iztac (MH633v)

Iztac (MH633v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Iztac ("White") is attested here as a woman's name. The glyph is an empty or white (iztac) circle. Sometimes circles and square are used to capture a color name, so this could fit. Also a white ball could be salt (iztatl), which is a near homophone or iztac. But the glyphs for salt in this collection show dots within a white circle, plus an additional circle around the outside of the ball.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juana
yztac

Gloss Normalization: 

Juana Iztac

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
Syntax: 
adjective
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Color names
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
Keywords: 

nombres de colores, nombres de mujeres, white, blanco, blanca, círculo

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

iztac, white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztac
izta(tl), salt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Blanca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 633v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=349st=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)

tlatlauhqui (Mdz51r)

Tlilli (MH605r)

iztatl (Mdz13v)

Iztac (MH714r)

Iztac (MH725v)