Tzonpach (MH686v)

Tzonpach (MH686v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzonpach (perhaps “Hair-Hay,” attested here as a man’s name) shows the head of a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. His black hair is both messy and of somewhat different lengths.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Messy or matted hair could have more significance than simply relating to grooming practices. Mexicolore has a short essay on this topic written by Ian Mursell, who draws from the work of art historian Cecelia F. Klein.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

augustin çōpach

Gloss Normalization: 

Agustín Tzonpach

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood & Jeff Haskett-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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

pelo, cabello revuelto, paja, desordenado, nombres de hombres

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

pach(tli), hay or plant refuse, chaf, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pachtli
tzon(tli), hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Cabello-Paja

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 686v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=453&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuatzontli (MH536r)

Cuatzon (MH615r)

Cuatzon (MH628v)

pachtli (Mdz47r)

pachtli (Mdz13v)

Papaitl (MH522v)