Teztic (MH676r)

Teztic (MH676r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teztic (“White”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an empty circle, which is therefore white (teztic).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Color names are typically captured in rectangles, circles, or ovals, or they can color an object in a compound. See a few examples below.

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

círculo, nombres de colores, blanco, nombres de hombres

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

teztic, something white, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teztic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Blanco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=432&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: 
"s" for z
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Teztic (MH524v)

Iztac (MH633v)

Iztac (MH714r)

Iztac (MH725v)

coztic (Mdz23r)

texotli (Mdz43r)

tlatlauhqui (Mdz51r)

Tlile (MH544r)

Xoxouhqui (MH535r)