Tizatlacatl (MH648v)

Tizatlacatl (MH648v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or ethnic label Tizatlacatl ("Person from Tizatlan") is attested here as male. Tizatlacatl is also the name of a famous pre-contact warrior. Tizatl is chalk, so the visual for this name could have something to do with chalk, although it is not recognizable as such. The glyph shows a horizontal rectangle. Along the bottom third of the rectangle are three smaller subdivisions. Each of these has a mark contained within it, with the effect that each subdivision resembles an upside-down kernel of corn (tlaolli). This rectangle can also resemble a skirt (cueitl), which could have an ethnic association. Unfortunately, we do not yet have a cueitl in this collection that resembles this glyph for Tizatlacatl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

It is interesting how people from history are possibly remembered, and their names are replicated in families as new babies are born.

See a glyph of tlaolli below, which only vaguely resembles the subdivisions of the rectangle. We are also including some skirts for comparison.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Antonio tiçatlacatl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tizatlacatl

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Race, Ethnicity, Identity

Technology (all types), plus Tools

War or Conflict

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

rectangular

segmented

Keywords:

chalk, tiza, lugares, nombres famosos guerreros aztecas, nombres de hombres, etnicidades

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Tizatlacatl, someone from Tizatla, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Tizatlacatl
tiza(tl), chalk, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tizatl
-tla, abundance, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla
-catl, affiliation suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/catl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(una persona de Tizatla)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 648v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=379&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:

"ç" for z or tz

Historical Contextualizing Image: