Tecciz (MH841r)

Tecciz (MH841r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecciz (“Conch”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a vertical shell with a swirl at the top and cleavage down the middle. The right side has hatching that shows a curve and three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The conch shell was prized as a trumpet, but it was also cut to capture the spiral inside, which could be used in a variety of ways. See below for other examples.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā tectziz

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Tecciz

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Shells
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
three-dimensionality
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

conchas, caracoles, trompetas, nombres de hombres

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

tecciz(tli), a large shell, a conch/trumpet, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecciztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Concha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 841r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=756&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: 
"tzi" for ci
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecciztli (FCbk11f64r)

tecciztli (Mdz67r)

tecciztli (TR19r)

tecciztli (TK21r)

tecciztli (Azca8)

Tecciz (MH523v)