Temizcuauh (MH835r)

Temizcuauh (MH835r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temizcuauh (perhaps “Wildcat-Eagle”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a wildcat (temiztli), facing toward the viewer’s right. Its coat is mottled. It is in a sitting position, with its front legs reaching forward. Its paws have curling claws. Its long spiky tail shoots up in the back. The -cuauh ending to the name, which could stand for eagle (cuauhtli) or wood (cuahuitl) is apparently not shown visually. The cat sits on a horizontal stone (tetl), with its curling ends and diagonal stripes across its middle. The stone is a phonetic indicator for the Te- start to the name.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Other examples of the name Temiz, below, show how often a stone helps to clarify that the name starts with Te-. A wildcat can sometimes just be called miztli. This wildcat has an especially large tail, when compared against the others. Perhaps this tail says something about the -cuauh ending to the name.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

di^o. temizguauh

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Temizcuauh

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

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

spotted or mottled

striped

Keywords:

águilas, gatos silvestres, gatos salvajes, gato montés, mountain lions, pumas, stones, piedras, wild cats, wildcats, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl-0
miz(tli), wildcat, mountain lion, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/miztli
temiz(tli), a wildcat, https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/content/temiztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Gato Montés-Águila

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 835r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=744&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:

"q" for c

Historical Contextualizing Image: