Calmecahuatecuhtli (MH908r)

Calmecahuatecuhtli (MH908r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the title Calmecahuatecuhtli (perhaps “Lord of the School” or the “Lord of Calmecahuacan”) shows a noble in profile, seated and facing the viewer’s right. He wears a diadem with two borders, one with eyes, and the main part with a dotted diamond pattern. His cloak is tied on his right shoulder and covers most of his body, although his right side is uncovered, showing a loincloth waistband. The cloak has shading that gives it a three-dimensionality. He sits on a low stool with stepped legs.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The spelling of what must be meant to be tecuhtli is unusual here, with an inserted “i” and “c.” This unusual spelling also appears on f. 904v. The “Tecui-” start to a name does appear in name ending in the diminutive -ton (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

Calmecavatecuiuhctli

Gloss Normalization:

Calmecahuatecuhtli

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:

title/office

Syntax:

noun(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Body postures

Education, Knowledge, Wisdom

Gender (male)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black

red

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

shading and parallel line hatching

stepped

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

escuelas, colegios, oficios, títulos, hombres, señores

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

calmecac, school, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/calmecac
-hua (singular possessor suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua
tecuh(tli), lord, high noble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, el Señor del Colegio, o el Señor de Calmecahuacan

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 908r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=886&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:

"v" for u, uh, or hu

intrusive "c"

intrusive "i"

Historical Contextualizing Image: