Huitzne (MH875r)

Huitzne (MH875r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huitzne is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a rectangle with minor details that may suggest is a woven petlatl (petate in contemporary Mexican Spanish). Above that is a volute, perhaps a speech scroll, perhaps representing language or a pleasant sound (nahuatl). How either of these elements represent the name Huitzne remains elusive. Perhaps they are a ritual device, something like a tlahuiztli (granted, the -huiz- here lacks the t), but tlahuiz- can be followed by -nene, as in the example below.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Comparing this glyph to other glyphs for the name Huitzne does not bring forth any insights. The two shown below both feature thorns (huitztli) that were possibly used for bloodletting, a religious self-sacrificial act. Perhaps this name is an apocopated version of the name Huitznecahual, a famous lord. (See the dictionary link.)

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

andres . huitzne

Gloss Normalization: 

Andrés Huitzne

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

huitz(tli), thorn, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitztli
Huitznecahual, this was the name of a known Chalcan lord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huitznecahual
tlahuiz(tli), battle device, weapon, insignia, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlahuiztli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=822&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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