Caltzon (MH675r)

Caltzon (MH675r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or perhaps ethnicity, Caltzon (“P’urhépecha Ruler”), is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a sharp stone, embedded in a Y-shaped stick, and the tool has been used to cut a lock of hair (tzontli). This is a phonetic indicator for the second part of the name, -tzon. The first part of the name, Cal-, is not shown visually. It could refer to a house (calli).

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

títulos, gobernantes, Michoacán, purépecha, etnicidades, nombres de hombres

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

Caltzontzin, a title for a ruler or emperor of Michoacan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/caltzontzin
tzon(tli), lock of hair, head of hair, or just head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
cal(li), house or building, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Gobernante Purépecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 675r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=430&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).

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