Xihuitliztac (MH759r)

Xihuitliztac (MH759r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xihuitliztac is attested here as a man's name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Celestial Phenomena
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Turquoise or Jade
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing downward
frontal view
rectangular
triangular
volute(s)
Keywords: 

cometas, turquesa, colores, blanco, nombres de hombres

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

xiuh(tli), comet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiuhtli
xihui(tl), year or comet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl2
xihui(tl), turquoise or herbs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0
iztac, white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztac

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cometa Blanca

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 759r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=596&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: 
"v" for u, uh, or hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Xiuhtli (MH649r)

Xiuhtli (MH577r)

Xiuhtli (MH576v)