Ce Tecpatzin (CQ)

Ce Tecpatzin (CQ)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of a simplex glyph-plus-notation represents the personal name (and date) One Flint Knife (Ce Tecpatl, or Ce Tecpatzin, in the reverential). The One is a single, small circle in the upper left corner of the arrangement. The flint knife is shown as an upright leaf shape with a diagonal line cutting through the middle, leaning to the right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The flint knife is both a calendrical year and day sign. The date One Flint Knife was therefore a name given based upon the birth of the baby, in this case a male. The gloss informs us that there is an agricultural field (milli on the map that belongs to this man, Ce Tecpatzin.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tecpatzin ymilpā

Gloss Normalization: 

Tecpatzin imilpan

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Randall Rodríguez

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
diagonal or angled
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
left to right
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

one, uno, obsidian, obsidiana, blades, espadas, cuchillos, knives, dates, fechas, names, nombres, numbers, números, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

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

ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
tecpa(tl), flint knife, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpatl
-tzin (reverential suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzin

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

P[ueblo] Tecpa[c]tzin iMilpa “Flint-Knife’s Field” (Ce Tecpactzin “Revered One Flint-Knife” is a man’s calendric name). Matthew T. McDavitt, “Placenames in the Codex Quetzalecatzin,” unpublished essay shared 2-21-2018.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Uno Pedernal, 1-Pedernal

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ce Tecpatl (CQ)

Ce Tecpatl (CQ)

tecpatl (Mdz8r)