Tonacaztzon (MH880r)

Tonacaztzon (MH880r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tonacatzon (perhaps “Old People”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows perhaps a vertical clump of hair (tzontli, providing the phonetic suffix -tzon) with some rays of what may be sunshine (tona, at the start of the name) coming off the top. Below this ensemble are four short streams of water, two-toned black and white, with a droplet at the bottom of each one. The water underscores one of the -a- sounds in Tonaca-.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Given that no old or dastardly people are shown in this compound, it seems fairly likely that the visual elements all contribute phonetic indicators. But perhaps there is another translation for Tonacatzon. The gloss does not include the final -n that is presumed to have been intended.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

ant^o tonacatzo

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tonacatzon

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)

rays (e.g., tonalli, tonatiuh, or ilhuitl)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Aging (People, Animals, Things)

Celestial Phenomena

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

frontal view

Keywords:

pelo, cabello, rayos de sol, agua, viejos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tonacatzon, the old people or the dastardly ones, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tonacatzon

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Viejos

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 880r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=832&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:

dropped "n"

Historical Contextualizing Image: