Motecuhtlaz (MH527r)

Motecuhtlaz (MH527r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Motecuhtlaz ("Deprived of his Lordship," here, attested as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a diadem, the usual glyph for tecuhtli (lord). The diadem is striped with vertical black lines. The tie for the back of the head has a bow in it. The Mo- ("Your") possessive pronoun is not shown visually, nor is the -tlaz element, which could be an abbreviation of the verb, tlaza, to hurl down, or, with tecuhtli, represent the verb tecuhtlaza, to depose.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Diadems in this collection can be plain, striped, or have a criss-cross pattern. That this particular name starts the same as Motecuhzoma may or may not be intentional. Only rarely are diadems mentioned with a possessive pronoun at the front.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego . motecouhtlaz

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Motecuhtlaz

Gloss Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

possessive pronoun

tec, tecu, tecuhtli, or motecu (a diadem)

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Politics, Power, Governance

Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood and Daniel Chayet

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

striped

tied, bound, or bundled

triangular

Keywords:

diademas, diadems, señores, lords, nobles, crowns, coronas, teuctli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

, to depose, to take away the right to a lordship, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtlaza
mo-, your, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mo
tecuh(tli), lord, high noble, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecuhtli
tlaza, to throw down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaza

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

"Tu Señor Tirado" (?)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 527r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=133&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: